Rates and mechanisms of Mesoarchean magmatic arc construction, eastern Kaapvaal craton, Swaziland

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 408-429

  Schoene, Blair ^a,b   Bowring, Samuel A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN ROCKS; COMPLEX INTERACTION; CRUSTAL GROWTH; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GNEISS COMPLEXES; GREENSTONE BELTS; ISOTOPE DILUTIONS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LITHOSPHERIC; MAGMA SOURCES; MAGMATIC ARCS; MAGMATIC FABRICS; MAGMATIC SYSTEMS; MAGMATISMS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SWAZILAND; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; THERMAL IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; TIME-SCALES; U-PB ZIRCON;

APATITE; COMPLEXATION; DEFORMATION; GALLIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

APATITE; ARCHEAN; DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OROGENY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUTURE ZONE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

KAAPVAAL CRATON; SWAZILAND;

EID: 74249087593     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26501.1     Document Type: Article

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