Integrated geophysical-petrological modeling of the lithosphere and sublithospheric upper mantle: Methodology and applications

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Afonso, J C ^a   Fernandez M ^a   Ranalli, G ^b   Griffin, W L ^c   Connolly, J A D ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Archean lithosphere; Mantle composition; Modeling; Oceanic lithosphere; Seismic attenuation; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349100379     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001834     Document Type: Article

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