Composition and thermal evolution of the lithospheric mantle beneath the Harrat Uwayrid, eastern flank of the Red Sea rift (Saudi Arabia)

Lithos

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 105-120

  Kaliwoda, Melanie ^a,b   Altherr, Rainer ^a   Meyer, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN PLATE; FLOOD BASALT; LHERZOLITE; MAGMA; MANTLE SOURCE; PYROXENITE; THERMAL EVOLUTION; UPPER MANTLE; WEHRLITE; XENOLITH;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 35348879130     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2007.06.013     Document Type: Article

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