The character of the Moho and lower crust within Archean cratons and the tectonic implications

Tectonophysics

Volumn 609, Issue , 2013, Pages 690-705

  Abbott, Dallas H ^a   Mooney, Walter D ^b   VanTongeren, Jill A ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archean; Crust; Granite; Greenstone belt; Moho; Seismic

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUST; GREENSTONE BELTS; MOHO; SEISMIC;

GALLIUM; GRANITE; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

ARCHEAN; CRATON; DELAMINATION; GRANITE; GREENSTONE BELT; LITHOLOGY; LOWER CRUST; MOHO; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; TECTONICS; TERRANE; UNDERPLATING;

KAAPVAAL CRATON; ZIMBABWE CRATON;

EID: 84889086082     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.09.014     Document Type: Review

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