Deformation and hydration of the lithospheric mantle beneath the Kaapvaal craton, South Africa

Lithos

Volumn 149, Issue , 2012, Pages 31-50

  Baptiste, Virginie ^a   Tommasi, Andréa ^a   Demouchy, Sylvie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Craton; Deformation; Kaapvaal; Olivine crystal preferred orientations; Peridotite; Water contents

Indexed keywords

CREEP; DEFORMATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRATION; LITHOSPHERE; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; MANTLE; METASOMATISM; MICROSTRUCTURE; MYLONITIZATION; ORTHOPYROXENE; PERIDOTITE; PHLOGOPITE; REMOBILIZATION;

KAAPVAAL CRATON;

EID: 84865180899     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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