Early Earth History and Development of the Archaean Crust

Geological History of Britain and Ireland: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 41-53

  Strachan, R A ^a   Storey, C D ^b   Prave, A R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaean arcs, amalgamated by thrust faulting; Archaean Crust development; Archaean in the British Isles, the Lewisian complex; Crustal evolution in the Archaean; Global distribution of Archaean cratons; Hadean Eon, formation of the early earth; Inverian deformation, retrogression; Northern margin of the Iapetus ocean

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249291552     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118274064.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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