Autochthonous development of Superior Province greenstone belts?

Precambrian Research

Volumn 115, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 11-36

  Thurston, P C ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autochthonous; Geodynamic processes; Greenstones; Parautochthonous

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID;

ARCHEAN; GEODYNAMICS; GREENSTONE BELT; PETROGENESIS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UNCONFORMITY;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; MODEL; ROCK; STONE ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CANADA;

EID: 0037095307     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(02)00004-9     Document Type: Article

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