The origin of early Archean banded iron formations and of continental crust, Isua, southern West Greenland

Precambrian Research

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 151-175

  Polat, Ali ^a   Frei, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Archean; Banded iron formation; Isua greenstone belt; Pb isotopes; Seafloor alteration

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BANDED IRON FORMATION; GREENSTONE BELT; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; LEAD ISOTOPE; PILLOW LAVA;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; GREENLAND; ISUA GREENSTONE BELT; WORLD;

EID: 19944407914     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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