Protoliths of the 3.8-3.7 Ga Isua greenstone belt - Comment

Precambrian Research

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 145-149

  Friend, C R L ^a   Nutman, A P ^b   Bennett, V C ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; SILICON DERIVATIVE;

ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; GEOLOGY; NOTE; ROCK; SEDIMENT; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANO;

EID: 0037205973     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(02)00057-8     Document Type: Note

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