Intraplate continental deformation: Influence of a heat-producing layer in the lithospheric mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 274, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 392-400

  Neves, Sérgio P ^a   Tommasi, Andréa ^b   Vauchez, Alain ^b   Hassani, Riad ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

heat production; intracontinental deformation; lithosphere; mantle; metasomatism; strain localization

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN LITHOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL DEFORMATION; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; HEAT PRODUCTION; HEAT-PRODUCING; INTRACONTINENTAL DEFORMATION; LITHOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; MANTLE; MANTLE XENOLITHS; METASOMATISM; STRAIN LOCALIZATION;

PRODUCTION;

DEFORMATION;

COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; HEAT FLOW; HEAT PRODUCTION; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE PROCESS; METASOMATISM; OROGENIC BELT; PLATE BOUNDARY; STRAIN PARTITIONING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 52749096422     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.07.040     Document Type: Article

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