Constraints on the depth and thermal history of cratonic lithosphere from peridotite xenoliths, xenocrysts and seismology

Lithos

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 729-742

  Mather, Kathy A ^a   Pearson, D Graham ^b   McKenzie, Dan ^c   Kjarsgaard, Bruce A ^d   Priestley, Keith ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geotherm; Lithosphere; Peridotite; Seismic; Xenocryst; Xenolith

Indexed keywords

CRATON; DATABASE; KIMBERLITE; LHERZOLITE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; P-T CONDITIONS; PERIDOTITE; SEISMOLOGY; XENOLITH;

CANADA; NAMIBIA; NUNAVUT; SOMERSET ISLAND;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 79958781181     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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