Are Archean lithospheric keels inverted?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 254, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 393-403

  Percival, J A ^a   Pysklywec, R N ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archean; craton; eclogite; granite; lithosphere inversion; thermal spike

Indexed keywords

CRATONIC KEELS; CRUSTAL MELTING; LITHOSPHERE INVERSION; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; THERMAL SPIKE;

GRANITE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

IRON ORES;

ARCHEAN; COOLING; CRATON; ECLOGITE; GOLD; GRANITE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; INVERSION TECTONICS; LITHOSPHERE; LOW PRESSURE; MELTING; MINERALIZATION; MOHO; P-T-T PATH; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM;

EID: 33846600407     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.11.047     Document Type: Article

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