Evolution of the continental lithosphere

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue , 2005, Pages 369-393

  Sleep, Norman H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Craton; Geotherm; Platform; Stagnant lid; Xenolith

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; HEAT CONVECTION; LANDFORMS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOSITY; YIELD STRESS;

CHEMICAL BUOYANCY; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE XENOLITHS; THERMAL CONTRACTION;

TECTONICS;

ARCHEAN; CRATON; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; XENOLITH;

EID: 20544437467     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.33.092203.122643     Document Type: Article

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