Upper mantle structure beneath eastern Siberia: Evidence from gravity modeling and mantle petrology

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Djomani, Yvette H Poudjom ^a   O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^a   Griffin, W L ^a,b   Natapov, L M ^a   Erinchek, Y ^a   Hronsky, J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gravity modeling; Lithospheric mantle; Mantle xenoliths; Siberia

Indexed keywords

EID: 2042537196     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GC000420     Document Type: Article

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