Thermal models of oceanic crustal accretion: Linking geophysical, geological and petrological observations

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Maclennan, J ^a,b   Hulme, T ^a   Singh, S C ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crust; Geophysics; Modelling; Oceanic; Petrology

Indexed keywords

EID: 18944405356     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GC000605     Document Type: Article

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