The elusive lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary (LAB) beneath cratons

Lithos

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-22

  Eaton, David W ^a   Darbyshire, Fiona ^b   Evans, Rob L ^c   Grütter, Herman ^d   Jones, Alan G ^e   Yuan, Xiaohui ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d BHP Billiton World Exploration Inc   (Canada)

^e DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^f GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Craton; Electrical lithosphere; Petrologic lithosphere; Seismic lithosphere; Thermal lithosphere

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASTHENOSPHERE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRATON; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISCONTINUITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LITHOSPHERE; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR STRESS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC PLATE; XENOLITH;

EID: 61849120694     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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