Meta-igneous (non-gneissic) tonalites and quartz-diorites from an extensive ca. 3800 Ma terrain south of the Isua supracrustal belt, southern West Greenland: Constraints on early crust formation

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 364-388

  Nutman, Allen P ^a,b   Bennett, Vickie C ^e   Friend, Clark R L ^c   Norman, Marc D ^d  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Melbury   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DIORITE; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; TONALITE;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0033492548     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050556     Document Type: Article

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