A mantle melting profile across the Basin and Range, SW USA

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Wang, K ^a   Plank, T ^b   Walker, J D ^a   Smith, E I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin and Range; Extension; Lithosphere; Mantle; Melting; Petrology

Indexed keywords

BASALT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE PROCESS; MELTING;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036210829     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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