Lithospheric structure, composition, and thermal regime of the East European Craton: Implications for the subsidence of the Russian platform

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 213, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 431-446

  Artemieva, Irina M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Craton; Crust; Depletion; East European platform; Geotherms; Lithosphere; Rifting; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

CRATON; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PALEOZOIC; RIFTING; SUBSIDENCE; THERMAL REGIME;

EAST EUROPEAN PLATFORM; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0041691162     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00327-3     Document Type: Article

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