Recognizable primary volcanic and sedimentary features in a low-strain domain of the highly deformed, oldest known (~ 3.7-3.8 Gyr) Greenstone Belt, Isua, West Greenland

Terra Nova

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 57-62

  Appel, Peter W U ^a   Fedo, Christopher M ^b   Moorbath, Stephen ^c   Myers, John S ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; DEFORMATION; GREENSTONE BELT; METAMORPHIC ROCK; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; VOLCANIC ROCK;

GREENLAND; ISUA BELT;

EID: 0032465734     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.1998.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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