The secular evolution of plate tectonics and the continental crust: An outline

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 200, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-7

  Dewey, John F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inversion; Plate tectonics; Secular tectonic evolution of earth

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; INVERSION; MANTLE RESERVOIRS; SECULAR EVOLUTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

TECTONICS;

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; EARTH; EVOLUTION; MANTLE; PLATE TECTONICS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EID: 63049127848     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.1200(01)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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