Origin and global tectonic significance of Early Archean cherts from the Marble Bar greenstone belt, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 191-243

  Kato, Yasuhiro ^a   Nakamura, Kentaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archean; Chert; Geochemistry; Hydrothermal; Pilbara; Plate tectonics

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; EUROPIUM; HAFNIUM; IRON; NOBELIUM; SCANDIUM; THORIUM; VANADIUM; YTTRIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ARCHEAN; CHERT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GREENSTONE BELT; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; PLATE TECTONICS; TECTONIC SETTING;

ARCHAEAN; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; AUSTRALIA; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; MINERALOGY; ROCK;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MARBLE BAR BELT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0346816614     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00043-3     Document Type: Article

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