The continental lithosphere: Reconciling thermal, seismic, and petrologic data

Lithos

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 23-46

  Artemieva, Irina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cratons; Heterogeneity; Kimberlites; Lithosphere thickness; Lithosphere asthenosphere boundary; Lithospheric mantle; Metasomatism

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRATON; DATA INVERSION; KIMBERLITE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; METASOMATISM; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PETROLOGY; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 62049083421     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2008.09.015     Document Type: Article

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