Survival of Archean cratonal lithosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Sleep, Norman H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Craton; Entrainment; Heat flow; Lithosphere

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRATON; ENTRAINMENT; HEAT FLOW; LITHOSPHERE; THERMAL CONVECTION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 18144444995     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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