A modern structural regime in the Paleoarchean ( ∼ 3.64 Ga); Isua Greenstone Belt, southern West Greenland

Tectonophysics

Volumn 346, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 201-222

  Hanmer, Simon ^a   Greene, David C ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Greenland; Isua Greenstone Belt; Paleoarchean; Thrust nappe

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GNEISS; GREENSTONE BELT; MYLONITE; NAPPE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0036072670     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00029-X     Document Type: Article

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