Buoyancy of the continental upper mantle

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Kelly, Robyn K ^a   Kelemen, Peter B ^a   Jull, Matthew ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Density; Kaapval craton; Mantle; Peridotites; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348063971     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GC000399     Document Type: Article

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