Interaction between small-scale mantle diapirs and a continental root

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Van Thienen, P ^a   Van Den Berg, A P ^a   De Smet, J H ^a,b   Van Hunen, J ^a,c   Drury, M R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ING Group   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Archean; Continental roots; Creep mechanisms; Mantle diapirs; Numerical modeling; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544375008     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GC000338     Document Type: Article

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