Inhibited eclogite formation: The key to the rapid growth of strong and buoyant Archean continental crust

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 765-768

  Bjornerud M G ^a   Austrheim, H ^b  

^a LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Archean tectonics; Continental crust formation; Eclogite; Kinetics of metamorphic reactions; Slab dehydration

Indexed keywords

CRUST; HYDROSPHERES; METAMORPHISMS; SUBDUCTION;

DEHYDRATION; IONS; MINERAL RESOURCES; REACTION KINETICS; SUBSTRATES; WATER;

GEOLOGY;

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; ECLOGITE; KINETICS; METAMORPHISM; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 4744353149     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20590.1     Document Type: Article

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