Granulite facies xenoliths from Prindle volcano, Alaska: Implications for the northern Cordilleran crustal lithosphere

Lithos

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 344-358

  Ghent, Edward D ^a   Edwards, Benjamin R ^b   Russell, J K ^c   Mortensen, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Cordillera; Crustal lithosphere; Geothermobarometry; Granulite; MELTS; NCVP; Peridotite; PERPLEX; Prindle volcano; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; CHARNOCKITE; CLINOPYROXENE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; GEOTHERMOMETRY; GRANULITE; GRANULITE FACIES; LOWER CRUST; ORTHOPYROXENE; PERIDOTITE; PERTHITE; PLAGIOCLASE; XENOLITH; ZIRCON;

ALASKA; CANADA; CANADIAN CORDILLERA; NORTH AMERICA; PRINDLE VOLCANO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39849107895     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2007.07.016     Document Type: Article

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