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Mantle-controlled mountains

Mantle-controlled mountains Mountain-forming systems on Earth occur at present either at the edge of continental plates or in their centre. Isotopic signatures from orogenic rocks worldwide indicate that these two distinct systems have existed for at least 550 million years. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nature Geoscience Springer Journals

Mantle-controlled mountains

Bahlburg, Heinrich
Nature Geoscience , Volume 4 (5) – Apr 17, 2011
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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2011 by Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. All Rights Reserved.
Subject
Earth Sciences; Earth Sciences, general; Geology; Geochemistry; Geophysics/Geodesy; Earth System Sciences
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1752-0894
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1752-0908
DOI
10.1038/ngeo1146
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Abstract

Mountain-forming systems on Earth occur at present either at the edge of continental plates or in their centre. Isotopic signatures from orogenic rocks worldwide indicate that these two distinct systems have existed for at least 550 million years.

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Nature Geoscience – Springer Journals

Published: Apr 17, 2011

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