Craton nucleation and formation of thick lithospheric roots

Lithos

Volumn 149, Issue , 2012, Pages 16-30

  Aulbach, Sonja ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaean mantle keel; Metasomatism; Partial melting; Plume; Subcontinental lithospheric mantle

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRATON; DELAMINATION; ECLOGITE; GARNET; GREENSTONE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; METASOMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; NUCLEATION; ORTHOPYROXENE; PARTIAL MELTING; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84865171303     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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