Thermal evolution of the lithosphere beneath the western Pannonian Basin: Evidence from deep-seated xenoliths

Tectonophysics

Volumn 331, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 285-306

  Embey Isztin, A ^a   Dobosi, G ^b   Altherr, R ^c   Meyer, H P ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lithosphere; Mantle xenoliths; Pannonian Basin; Poikilitic texture; Thermal evolution; Thermo barometry

Indexed keywords

GEOBAROMETRY; LITHOSPHERE; P-T CONDITIONS; PERIDOTITE; THERMAL EVOLUTION; XENOLITH;

HUNGARY;

EID: 0035013563     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(00)00287-0     Document Type: Article

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