Granite-greenstone crust formation on the Archaean Earth: a consequence of two superimposed processes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 158, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 109-119

  Nelson, David R ^a,b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GREENSTONE; TECTONICS;

EID: 0032580659     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00049-1     Document Type: Article

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