Geochemistry of the oldest MORB and OIB in the Isua Supracrustal Belt, southern West Greenland: Implications for the composition and temperature of early Archean upper mantle

Island Arc

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-72

  Komiya, Tsuyoshi ^a   Maruyama, Shigenori ^a   Hirata, Takafumi ^a   Yurimoto, Hisayoshi ^a   Nohda, Susumu ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accretionary complex; Archean mid oceanic ridge basalt (MORB); Archean oceanic basalt (OIB); Early Archean; Mantle evolution

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 2042529295     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2003.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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