Cooling rates in the lower crust of the Oman ophiolite: Ca in olivine, revisited

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 267, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 69-82

  VanTongeren, Jill A ^a   Kelemen, Peter B ^a   Hanghøj, Karen ^a  

^a Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium; cooling; crust; hydrothermal; olivine; oman

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE HEAT LOSS; COOLING RATES; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; LOWER OCEANIC CRUST; OPHIOLITE;

COOLING; GLACIERS; HEAT LOSSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OLIVINE; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ACCRETION; CALCIUM; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; GABBRO; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; LOWER CRUST; MOHO; OCEANIC CRUST; OLIVINE; OPHIOLITE; SILL; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 39549084097     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.11.034     Document Type: Article

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