Oceanic plateau model for continental crustal growth in the Archaean: A case study from the Kostomuksha greenstone belt, NW Baltic Shield

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 57-74

  Puchtel, I S ^a   Hofmann, A W ^a   Mezger, K ^a   Jochum, K P ^a   Shchipansky, A A ^b   Samsonov, A V ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Archean; Isotopes; Komatiite; Mantle plumes; Oceanic crust

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; CRUSTAL GROWTH; GREENSTONE BELT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 0031718710     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00202-1     Document Type: Article

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