State of lithosphere beneath Tien Shan from petrology and electrical conductivity of xenoliths

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Bagdassarov, N ^a   Batalev, V ^b   Egorova, V ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOBAROMETRY; GEOTHERMOMETRY; GRANULITE; HEAT FLUX; LHERZOLITE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; METASOMATISM; P-T CONDITIONS; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

TIEN SHAN;

EID: 78651345651     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB007125     Document Type: Article

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