Constraints on the thermal evolution of continental lithosphere from U-Pb accessory mineral thermochronometry of lower crustal xenoliths, southern Africa

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 592-618

  Schmitz, Mark D ^a   Bowring, Samuel A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; LOWER CRUST; PRECAMBRIAN; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; XENOLITH;

(SOUTH); AFRICA;

EID: 0037329060     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-002-0419-9     Document Type: Article

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