Re-Os isotope constraints on subcontinental lithospheric mantle evolution of southern South America

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 268, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 89-101

  Schilling, Manuel Enrique ^a   Carlson, Richard Walter ^b   Conceição, Rommulo Vieira ^c   Dantas, Celine ^d   Bertotto, Gustavo Walter ^e   Koester, Edinei ^f  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^f Instituto de Ciências Humanas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

mantle xenoliths; Os isotopes; South America; subcontinental lithospheric mantle

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE MAGMATISM; CRUST FORMATION; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE EVOLUTION;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; ROCKS;

GEOPHYSICS;

BASEMENT ROCK; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; EOCENE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PROTEROZOIC; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; RODINIA; XENOLITH;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DESEADO MASSIF; FALKLAND PLATEAU; SANTA CRUZ [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 40649086617     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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