Continental Mantle (Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics)

This volume is a comprehensive review of geological, geophysical, and geochemical research on the lithospheric mantle of the continental regions, an area of fundamental importance for understanding the Earth's evolution. Internationally recognized experts describe the differences between the older Archaen regions of the continents, and the younger Proterozoic and Phanerozoic regions, and discuss the changes produced in the mantle by metasomatism and by upwelling from the asthenosphere and lower mantle. A helpful geological history of the mantle and consideration of its role in geological processes are included.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198544960
• ISBN13: 9780198544968
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.9" x 0.8" x 7.6"