Lithospheric composition and thermal structure of the Arabian Shield in Jordan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 481, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 29-37

  Forster H J ^a   Forster A ^b   Oberhansli R ^a   Stromeyer, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabian Shield; Geotherms; Granulite; Late Proterozoic terrane; Peridotite; Surface heat flow; Xenolith

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC VOLCANISM; CAMBRIANS; CONDUCTIVE SURFACES; DEAD SEA; GEOTHERMS; LITHOSPHERE THINNING; LITHOSPHERE-ASTHENOSPHERE BOUNDARY; LITHOSPHERIC; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; LITHOSPHERIC THICKNESS; MANTLE HEAT FLOW; MIOCENE; MIOCENE TIME; OLIGOCENE; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PROTEROZOIC TERRANES; RADIOGENIC HEAT PRODUCTION; SURFACE HEAT FLOW; THERMAL MODEL; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THERMOMECHANICAL MODEL; VERTICAL SECTION;

FLOW MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; HEAT TRANSFER; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

HEAT FLUX;

GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GRANULITE; HEAT FLOW; LITHOSPHERE; PERIDOTITE; PROTEROZOIC; THERMAL STRUCTURE; XENOLITH;

ARABIAN SHIELD; JORDAN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 72449202834     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.11.014     Document Type: Article

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