Seismic structure and lithospheric rheology from deep crustal xenoliths, central Montana, USA

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Mahan, K H ^a   Schulte Pelkum, V ^a   Blackburn, T J ^b   Bowring, S A ^b   Dudas, F O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

granulites; lower crust; Montana; seismic velocity; xenoliths.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868007787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004332     Document Type: Article

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