Growth of granite-greenstone terranes at convergent margins, and stabilization of Archean cratons

Tectonophysics

Volumn 305, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 43-73

  Kusky, Timothy M ^a   Polat, Ali ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archean; Cratons; Granites; Greenstone belt; Ophiolite; Tectosphere

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRATON; GRANITE; GREENSTONE BELT; TERRANE;

EID: 0033541968     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00014-1     Document Type: Article

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