Crustal redistribution, crust-mantle recycling and Phanerozoic evolution of the continental crust

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 97, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 80-104

  Clift, Peter D ^a   Vannucchi, Paola ^b   Morgan, Jason Phipps ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Delamination; Erosion; Recycling; Subduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857240160     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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