Growth and recycling of early Archaean continental crust: Geochemical evidence from the Coonterunah and Warrawoona Groups, Pilbara Craton, Australia

Tectonophysics

Volumn 322, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 69-88

  Green, Michael G ^a   Sylvester, Paul J ^b   Buick, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basalt geochemistry; Crustal growth; Early Archaean; Pilbara Craton; Recycling

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033866003     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(00)00058-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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