Lithosphere structure beneath the Phanerozoic intracratonic basins of North America

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 178, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 139-149

  Kaminski, Edouard ^a   Jaupart, Claude ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Intracratonic basins; Lithosphere; North America; One dimensional models; Phanerozoic; Thermal anomalies

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLOW; INTRACRATONIC BASIN; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0034117695     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00067-4     Document Type: Article

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