Mantle structure and rifting processes in the Baikal-Mongolia region: Geophysical data and evidence from xenoliths in volcanic rocks

Tectonophysics

Volumn 351, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 41-60

  Ionov, Dmitri ^a,b,c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere; Baikal rift zone; Geothermal gradient; Lithosphere; Mantle plumes; Rifting

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PALEOZOIC; RIFTING; XENOLITH;

MONGOLIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0036325875     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00124-5     Document Type: Article

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