Constraining the cooling rate of the lower oceanic crust: A new approach applied to the Oman ophiolite

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 127-146

  Coogan, Laurence A ^a   Jenkin, Gawen R T ^b   Wilson, Robert N ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooling; Gabbros; Oceanic crust; Semail ophiolite

Indexed keywords

CLOSURE TEMPERATURE; COOLING; GABBRO; OCEANIC CRUST; OPHIOLITE;

OMAN;

EID: 0036075333     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00554-X     Document Type: Article

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