Continental interiors and cratons: Any relation?

Tectonophysics

Volumn 305, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 1-42

  Sengor A M C ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Archaean; Continental interior; Craton; Cratonic keel; Mantle plume

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL INTERIOR; CRATON; MANTLE PLUME;

EID: 0345466577     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00043-8     Document Type: Article

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