The significance of subduction-related accretionary complexes in early Earth processes

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 405, Issue , 2006, Pages 173-192

  Shervais, John W ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archean; Early Earth; Hadean; M lange; Ophiolite

Indexed keywords

METALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX; ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; EARLY EARTH; HADEAN; NORTH CHINA CRATON; OCEANIC COMPONENTS; OPHIOLITE;

TECTONICS;

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONVECTION; EARLY EARTH; GNEISS; GRAYWACKE; HARZBURGITE; HEATING; ISLAND ARC; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC CRUST; OPHIOLITE; OVERTURN; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

ARCTIC; CHINA; FARMINGTON; GREENLAND; MAINE; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; SUPERIOR PROVINCE; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 73949090482     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2405(10)     Document Type: Article

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