Isostatic constraints on the assembly, stabilization, and preservation of cratonic lithosphere

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 321-324

  Flowers, R M ^a   Royden, L H ^a   Bowring, S A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly; Lithosphere; Preservation; Stabilization; Thermal evolution

Indexed keywords

DENSITY CHANGE; LITHOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERIC HEATING; TEMPERATURE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUOYANCY; COOLING; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; EROSION; HEATING; RADIOACTIVITY;

GEOLOGY;

CRATON; ISOSTASY; LITHOSPHERE;

EID: 2042417365     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20177.2     Document Type: Article

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