Formation of cratonic lithosphere: An integrated thermal and petrological model

Lithos

Volumn 149, Issue , 2012, Pages 4-15

  Herzberg, Claude ^a   Rudnick, Roberta ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient mantle; Archean; Basalt; Continental crust; Craton; Peridotite

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHEAN; BASALT; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRATON; GREENSTONE BELT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE; MELTING; METASOMATISM; OCEANIC CRUST; PERIDOTITE; PETROLOGY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMAL STRUCTURE; UNDERPLATING;

EID: 84865157173     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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