Thermal state of the upper mantle beneath the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province (NCVP), British Columbia, Canada

Lithos

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-22

  Harder, M ^a   Russell, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Cordillera; Geothermometry; Mantle lithosphere; Northern Cordilleran volcanic province; Peridotite; Xenolith

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMOMETRY; PERIDOTITE; XENOLITH;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33644620909     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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