Contribution of mantle plumes, crustal thickening and greenstone blanketing to the 2.75-2.65 Ga global crisis

Precambrian Research

Volumn 127, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 43-60

  Rey, Patrice F ^a   Philippot, Pascal ^b   Thébaud, Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Archaean; Greenstones; Mantle plumes; Tectonics; Thermal modelling

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL THICKENING; GREENSTONE; MANTLE PLUME; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONICS;

ARCHAEAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; COOLING; DYNAMICS; EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GRANITE; GRAVITY; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MELTING POINT; PLUME; ROCK; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; SUPERIOR PROVINCE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 0346816563     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00179-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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