The Proterozoic building of North America : insights from broadband seismic tomography

Cratons, the Archean (≥ 2.5 Ga) cores of the continents are the longest-lived features of Earth’s surface. They are underlain by cold, iron-depleted, thick (>250 km), seismically fast lithospheric mantle roots or keels that have survived thermal and chemical erosion over multiple Wilson cycles. R...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boyce, Alistair
Other Authors: Bastow, Ian
Published: Imperial College London 2018
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.754772