Archean emplacement of eclogitic components into the lithospheric mantle during formation of the Kaapvaal craton

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 2509-2512

  Shirey, Steven B ^a   Carlson, Richard W ^a   Richardson, Stephen H ^b   Menzies, Andrew ^b   Gurney, John J ^b   Pearson, D Graham ^c   Harris, Jeffrey W ^d   Wiechert, Uwe ^e  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DIAMONDS; ISOTOPES; RHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SULFUR DEPOSITS; MINERALS;

MANTLE FORMATIONS;

LITHOLOGY; DIAMOND DEPOSITS;

ARCHEAN; CRATON; ECLOGITE; EMPLACEMENT; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING;

AFRICA;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; LOW TEMPERATURES; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; SUB-CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERIC MANTLES; SULFIDE INCLUSION; WHOLE ROCKS; ZIMBABWE CRATON;

EID: 0035391199     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012589     Document Type: Article

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