Continental magmatism caused by lithospheric delamination

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 388, Issue , 2005, Pages 449-461

  Elkins Tanton, Linda T ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continent; Delamination; Lithospheric thinning; Magmatism; Rayleigh Taylor instability

Indexed keywords

DELAMINATION; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SEISMOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CONTINENT; LITHOSPHERIC DELAMINATIONS; LITHOSPHERIC THINNING; MAGMATISMS; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; MANTLE COMPOSITION; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITIES; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

X RAY MICROSCOPES;

COOLING; DELAMINATION; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; MANTLE; MELTING; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION; SUBSIDENCE; UPPER MANTLE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 84874955194     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2388-4.449     Document Type: Article

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