Regularities and mechanism of formation of the mantle lithosphere structure beneath the Siberian Craton in comparison with other cratons

Gondwana Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-24

  Ashchepkov, I V ^a   Vladykin, N V ^b   Ntaflos, T ^c   Downes, H ^d   Mitchell, R ^e   Smelov, A P ^f   Alymova, N V ^b   Kostrovitsky, S I ^b   Rotman, A Ya ^g   Smarov, G P ^g   Makovchuk, I V ^g   Stegnitsky, Yu B ^g   Nigmatulina, E N ^a   Khmelnikova, O S ^a  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f DIAMOND AND PRECIOUS METAL GEOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^g ALROSA   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chromite; Clinopyroxenes; Elements; Garnet; Ilmenite; Layering; Lithosphere; Mantle; Monomineral thermobarometry; Siberian Craton; Terrains; Trace

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DUNITE; ECLOGITE; KIMBERLITE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PARTIAL MELTING; RIFTING; SUBDUCTION;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIAN CRATON;

EID: 84869866896     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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