Depth versus age: New perspectives from the chemical compositions of ancient crust

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 7-23

  Humler, Eric ^a   Langmuir, Charles ^b   Daux, Valérie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Deep sea drilling project; Lithosphere; Ocean drilling program; Oceanic crust; Thermal history; Vertical movements

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; OCEANIC CRUST; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 0033570622     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00218-6     Document Type: Article

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