Geodynamic processes, continental growth, and mantle evolution recorded in late Archean greenstone belts of the southern Superior Province, Canada

Precambrian Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 5-25

  Polat, Ali ^a,b   Kerrich, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continental crust; Greenstone belt; Mantle evolution; Oceanic plateaus; Plume arc Interaction

Indexed keywords

AMPHOLYTE; GALLIUM; LANTHANIDE; NIOBIUM; PHOSPHORUS; SAMARIUM; TANTALUM; THALLIUM; TITANIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM;

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; GEODYNAMICS; GREENSTONE BELT; ISLAND ARC; MANTLE PLUME; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ARCHAEAN; ARTICLE; CANADA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; METAMORPHOSIS; TURBIDITY;

CANADA;

EID: 0035892092     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(01)00168-1     Document Type: Article

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