The origin and compositions of Mesoarchean oceanic crust: Evidence from the 3075 Ma Ivisaartoq greenstone belt, SW Greenland

Lithos

Volumn 100, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 293-321

  Polat, A ^a   Frei, R ^b,c   Appel, P W U ^d   Dilek, Y ^e   Fryer, B ^a,f   Ordonez Calderon J C ^a   Yang, Z ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^e MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anorthosite; Archean; Greenstone belt; Isotope; Oceanic crust; Ocelli; Pillow basalt

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; ARCHEAN; GREENSTONE BELT; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MANTLE SOURCE; METASOMATISM; OCEANIC CRUST; SEAFLOOR; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 37549032701     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2007.06.021     Document Type: Article

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