The Moho: Boundary above upper mantle peridotites or lower crustal eclogites? A global review and new interpretations for passive margins

Tectonophysics

Volumn 609, Issue , 2013, Pages 636-650

  Mjelde, Rolf ^a   Goncharov, Alexey ^b   Müller, R Dietmar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eclogites; Moho; Passive margins; Wide angle seismic

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; ECLOGITES; MOHO; PASSIVE MARGINS; PROFILE LENGTHS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WIDE-ANGLE SEISMIC; YILGARN CRATONS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; ECLOGITE; FRACTURE ZONE; MODELING; MOHO; PASSIVE MARGIN; PERIDOTITE; SUBSIDENCE; SUTURE ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); AUSTRALIA; BARENTS SEA; CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORWAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 84889102269     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.03.001     Document Type: Review

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