The lithospheric mantle beneath the southwestern Tianshan area, northwest China

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 457-479

  Zheng, Jianping ^a,b   Griffin, W L ^b,c   O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^b   Zhang, Ming ^b   Pearson, Norman ^b   Luo, Zhaohua ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PERIDOTITE; XENOLITH;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 33645025272     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-006-0071-x     Document Type: Article

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