Heat flow and the structure of Precambrian lithosphere

Lithos

Volumn 48, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 81-91

  Nyblade, Andrew A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat flow; Lithosphere; Precambrian; Xenolith

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLOW; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; XENOLITH;

EID: 0033398717     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(99)00024-9     Document Type: Article

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