Archean regional metamorphism of the isua supracrustal belt, Southern West Greenland: Implications for a driving force for archean plate tectonics

International Geology Review

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1055-1115

  Hayashi, Mamoru ^a   Komiya, Tsuyoshi ^b   Nakamura, Yasuo ^a   Maruyama, Shigenori ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; MINERALOGY; PLATE TECTONICS; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0034455324     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206810009465128     Document Type: Article

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