Modern-style subduction processes in the Mesoarchaean: Geochemical evidence from the 3.12 Ga Whundo intra-oceanic arc

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 231, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 221-237

  Smithies, R Hugh ^a   Champion, David C ^b   Van Kranendonk, Martin J ^a   Howard, Heather M ^a   Hickman, Arthur H ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaean; Crustal evolution; Flux melting; Inter oceanic arc; Subduction

Indexed keywords

LARGE ION LITHOPHILE ELEMENTS (LILE); MAGMAS; SLAB-MELT COMPONENTS; SUBDUCTION PROCESS;

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; PILES; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

VOLCANOES;

ARCHEAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; PILBARA BLOCK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

ARCHAEA; LILE; PILBARA;

EID: 14744294539     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.12.026     Document Type: Article

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