Evidence from mantle xenoliths for relatively thin (< 100 km) continental lithosphere below the Phanerozoic crust of southernmost South America

Lithos

Volumn 48, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 217-235

  Stern, Charles R ^a   Kilian, Rolf ^b   Olker, Bettina ^c   Hauri, Eric H ^d   Kyser, T Kurtis ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lithosphere; Mantle; Peridotite; South America; Xenolith

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE; PERIDOTITE; XENOLITH;

ARGENTINA; CHILE;

EID: 0033392088     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(99)00030-4     Document Type: Article

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