Archaean Tectonics 2004: A review

Precambrian Research

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 143-151

  Van Kranendonk, Martin J ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GRANITE; MELTING POINT; MODEL; PRECAMBRIAN; SEDIMENT; SOLID STATE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 2442635566     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2003.12.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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