Determining the temperature of the Earth's continental upper mantle from geochemical and seismic data

Geochemistry International

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 232-248

  Kuskov, O L ^a   Kronrod, V A ^a  

^a VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET); GARNETS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MELTING; SEISMOLOGY;

GOECHEMICAL COMPOSITIONAL MODELS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL SIMULATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY PROFILES; UPPER MANTLE;

TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; GEOCHEMISTRY; INVERSE PROBLEM; MODELING; PARTIAL MELTING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; UPPER MANTLE;

AFRICA; KAAPVAAL CRATON; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33748846558     PISSN: 00167029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0016702906030025     Document Type: Article

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