Alteration and geochemical patterns in the 3.7-3.8 Ga Isua greenstone belt, West Greenland

Precambrian Research

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 197-218

  Polat, A ^a,b   Hofmann, A W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alteration; Boninite; Isua; Paleoarchean; Picrite; Trace element

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID; NIOBIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; TANTALUM; YTTRIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ARCHEAN; BONINITE; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GREENSTONE BELT; PICRITE; TRACE ELEMENT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GREENLAND; ROCK; VOLCANO;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; ISUA GREENSTONE BELT;

EID: 0346850917     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00095-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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