Lithospheric mantle duplex beneath the central Mojave Desert revealed by xenoliths from Dish Hill, California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Luffi, Peter ^a,b   Saleeby, Jason B ^a   Lee, Cin Ty A ^b   Ducea, Mihai N ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CENOZOIC; CLINOPYROXENE; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; MAGMA; MANTLE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; NEODYMIUM; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OROGENY; SUBDUCTION; THRUST; TRACE ELEMENT; XENOLITH;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CALLUNA VULGARIS; MOJAVIA;

EID: 67649935710     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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