Strange partners: Formation and survival of continental crust and lithospheric mantle

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 199, Issue , 2002, Pages 91-103

  Arndt, Nicholas T ^a   Lewin, Éric ^a   Albarède, Francis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRATON; CRYSTALLIZATION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MELTING;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 0036999882     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2002.199.01.05     Document Type: Article

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