Deep lithospheric dynamics beneath the Sierra Nevada during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic as inferred from xenolith petrology

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2001, Pages

  Lee, Cin Ty ^a   Rudnick, Roberta L ^b   Brimhall, George H ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

delamination; lithosphere; osmium; Peridotite; Sierra; xenolith

Indexed keywords

BASALT; DELAMINATION; GEODYNAMICS; ISOTOPES; TECTONICS;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; PERIDOTITE; PERIDOTITE XENOLITHS; SIERRA; VERTICALLY STRATIFIED; XENOLITH;

OSMIUM;

EID: 84873516558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GC000152     Document Type: Article

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