Modal mineralogy and chemical composition of the Uralide lower crust determined from physical properties data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 433, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 39-51

  Brown, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lower crust composition; Mineral modal abundance; Physical properties; Urals

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LOWER CRUST; MAFIC ROCK; MINERALOGY; P-WAVE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POISSON RATIO; S-WAVE; URALIDE OROGENY; XENOLITH;

EURASIA; URALS;

EID: 33947163316     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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