Thermal structure and thickness of the lithospheric mantle underlying the Siberian Craton from the Kraton and Kimberlit superlong seismic profiles

Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 155-175

  Kuskov, O L ^a   Kronrod, V A ^a   Prokof'ev, A A ^a  

^a VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

seismic properties; Siberian Craton; temperature; xenoliths

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952381680     PISSN: 10693513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1069351310111011     Document Type: Article

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