Constraints on the composition of the continental lithospheric mantle

Chemical and isotopic systematics of oceanic basalts: implications for mantle composition and processes

Shen‐Su Sun, W. F. McDonough · Geological Society London Special Publications · 1989 · 25.4K citations

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The continental crust: its composition and evolution

Brian F. Windley · Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors · 1986 · 11K citations

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Convective instability of a thickened boundary layer and its relevance for the thermal evolution of continental convergent belts

G. A. Houseman, Dan McKenzie, Péter Molnár · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1981 · 1.1K citations

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Ultramafic inclusions from San Carlos, Arizona: Petrologic and geochemical data bearing on their petrogenesis

Frederick A. Frey, M. Prinz · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 1978 · 900 citations

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The Abundances of Major, Minor and Trace Elements in the Earth's Mantle as Derived from Primitive Ultramafic Nodules

E. Jagoutz, H. Palme, H. Baddenhausen et al. · Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Proceedings · 1979 · 801 citations

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