Continental lithosphere of the Arabian Plate: A geologic, petrologic, and geophysical synthesis

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 29-67

  Stern, Robert J ^a   Johnson, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian Plate; Continental crust; Lithosphere

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN PLATE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; EURASIAN PLATE; FLOOD BASALT; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; PETROLOGY; PRECAMBRIAN; RIFTING; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUBDUCTION; UPLIFT;

ARABIAN SEA; ARABIAN SHIELD; GULF OF ADEN; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 77953711267     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.01.002     Document Type: Review

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