Thinning of the upper mantle during late Paleozoic Appalachian orogenesis

Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 239-242

  Levin, V ^a   Park, J ^a   Brandon, M T ^a   Menke, W ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Appalachians; Delamination; Orogeny; Paleozoic; Shear waves

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DELAMINATION; SHEAR WAVES;

APPALACHIAN OROGEN; APPALACHIANS; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; LITHOSPHERIC THINNING; NORTH AMERICAN PLATES; NORTHERN APPALACHIANS; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC;

SHEAR FLOW;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DELAMINATION; OROGENY;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034431567     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<239:TOTUMD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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