Constraining continental structure by integrating Os isotopic ages of lithospheric mantle with geophysical and crustal data: an example from southeastern Australia

Handler, Michael; Bennett, Victoria

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Constraining continental structure by integrating Os isotopic ages of lithospheric mantle with geophysical and crustal data: an example from southeastern Australia

Date

2001

Authors

Handler, Michael

Bennett, Victoria

Publisher

American Geophysical Union

Abstract

Rocks exposed at the Earth's surface provide an incomplete record of the varied and complex processes that have acted to form and modify the continents. The continental lithospheric mantle (CLM), sampled as xenoliths carried in explosive volcanics, is an