The North American upper mantle: Density, composition, and evolution

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Mooney, Walter D ^a,b   Kaban, Mikhail K ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKENING; GRAVITY ANOMALY; GRAVITY FIELD; HEAT FLOW; HEAT PRODUCTION; OROGENY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC METHOD; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; UPLIFT; UPPER MANTLE;

APPALACHIANS; CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 79251579962     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB000866     Document Type: Article

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