Isotopic constraints on the cooling of the continental lithosphere

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 223, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 99-111

  Bedini, R M ^a   Blichert Toft, J ^a   Boyet, M ^a   Albarede F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Closure temperature; Cooling; Garnet peridotite; Lithosphere; Sm Nd and Lu Hf

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; COOLING; DIFFUSION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RADIONUCLIDE;

EID: 2942678953     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.04.012     Document Type: Article

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