The role of serpentine in preferential craton formation in the late Archean by lithosphere underthrusting

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 269, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 96-104

  Lee, Cin Ty Aeolus ^a   Luffi, Peter ^a   Höink, Tobias ^a   Li, Zheng Xue A ^a   Lenardic, Adrian ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archean; continental crust; craton; cratonic mantle; serpentine; underthrusting

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; HEATING; ISOTHERMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEAWATER;

CONTINENTAL THRUST; CRATON; CRATONIC MANTLE; LITHOSPHERE; UNDERTHRUSTING;

SERPENTINE;

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRATON; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; SEAWATER; SERPENTINE; SERPENTINIZATION; SHEAR ZONE; THRUST;

EID: 43049117844     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.02.010     Document Type: Article

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