Coupled evolution of Archean continental crust and subcontinental lithospheric mantle

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1083-1086

  Rollinson, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; COUPLED EVOLUTION; EXTRACTION MODEL; GRANODIORITE; KOMATIITE; MANTLE PLUME; OCEAN CRUST; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; SLAB MELTING; SUB-CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERIC MANTLES; TONALITE;

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PHANEROZOIC;

EID: 78650111457     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31159.1     Document Type: Article

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