Composition of the Continental Crust

Treatise on Geochemistry: Second Edition

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-51

  Rudnick, R L ^a,b   Gao, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bulk crust composition; Deep crust; Upper continental crust

Indexed keywords

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

COMPOSITION OF THE CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; DEEP CRUST; EARTH'S CRUST; MODIFICATION PROCESS; TERRESTRIAL PLANETS; UPPER CONTINENTAL CRUST;

EARTH (PLANET);

EID: 84903812309     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-095975-7.00301-6     Document Type: Chapter

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