Arc-generated blocks with crustal sections in the North Atlantic craton of West Greenland: Crustal growth in the Archean with modern analogues

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-30

  Windley, Brian F ^a   Garde, Adam A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

anorthosite; Archean; crustal block; island arc; metavolcanic amphibolite; TTG; West Greenland

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; ANORTHOSITE; ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL ARC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRATON; FOLDING; GRANULITE FACIES; ISLAND ARC; MAGMATISM; METAVOLCANIC ROCK; SHEAR ZONE; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THRUST;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 60549092845     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2008.12.001     Document Type: Review

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