Did the character of subduction change at the end of the Archean? Constraints from convergent-margin granitoids

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 611-614

  Condie, Kent C ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental crust; Late Archean; Subduction; Tonalite trondhjemite granodiorite; TTG

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; LATE ARCHEAN; SUBDUCTION; TONALITE-TRONDHJEMITE-GRANODIORITE; TTG;

SILICA;

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; GRANODIORITE; GRAYWACKE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATEAU; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TONALITE; TRONDHJEMITE;

EID: 50349095170     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24793A.1     Document Type: Article

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