Unlike in the ocean basins where the shallow mantle eventually contributes to the
destruction of the overlying crust, the shallow mantle beneath continents serves as a stiff …

Studies of mantle xenoliths have confirmed that Archean subcontinental lithospheric mantle
(SCLM) is highly depleted in basaltic components (such as Al, Ca and Na) due to high …

The Re-Os isotopic systematics of spinel-and garnet-bearing mantle xenoliths from North
and Central America, Europe, southern Africa, Asia, and the Pacific region were determined …

This study uses information on composition, thermal state and petrological thickness to
calculate the densities of different types of subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM). Data …

The evolution of the Australian plate can be interpreted in a plate‐tectonic paradigm in
which lithospheric growth occurred via vertical and horizontal accretion. The lithospheric …

The Lachlan Orogen, like many other orogenic belts, has undergone paradigm shifts from
geosynclinal to plate-tectonic theory of evolution over the past 40 years. Initial plate-tectonic …

The lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary (LAB) represents the base of the Earth's
lithosphere, the rigid and relatively cool outer shell characterised by a conductive thermal …

Suites of mantle-derived xenoliths in volcanic rocks provide estimates of the geothermal
gradient and composition of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM) at the time of the …

Cratonic lithospheric mantle is composed of predominantly refractory materials that formed
at higher mantle potential temperatures (TP) than recorded in non-cratonic peridotites. It also …

Reconstructions of the Cambrian–Silurian tectonic evolution of eastern Gondwanaland,
when the Australian Tasmanides and Antarctic Ross Orogen developed, rely on correlation …