Formation of Earth's early Archaean continental crust

Precambrian Research

Volumn 127, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 89-101

  Smithies, R H ^a   Champion, D C ^b   Cassidy, K F ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaean; Crustal evolution; Enriched mantle; Low angle subduction; Magmatism

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; MAGMATISM; SUBDUCTION; TECTONICS;

ARCHAEAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GEOLOGY; MELTING POINT; MODEL; SEA;

EID: 0348077559     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00182-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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