Field and geochemical characteristics of the Mesoarchean (∼ 3075 Ma) Ivisaartoq greenstone belt, southern West Greenland: Evidence for seafloor hydrothermal alteration in supra-subduction oceanic crust

Gondwana Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 69-91

  Polat, Ali ^a   Appel, Peter W U ^b   Frei, Robert ^c   Pan, Yuanming ^d   Dilek, Yildirim ^e   Ordóñez Calderón, Juan C ^a   Fryer, Brian ^a,f   Hollis, Julie A ^b   Raith, Johann G ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Archean; Epidosite; Forearc; Greenstone belt; Ocelli; Ophiolite; Picrite; Pillow basalt

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BASALT; GABBRO; GEOCHEMISTRY; GREENSTONE BELT; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MAGMA; OCEANIC CRUST; SEAFLOOR; SUBDUCTION ZONE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 33845336094     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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