An overview of the lithological and geochemical characteristics of the Mesoarchean (ca. 3075 Ma) ivisaartoq greenstone belt, southern West Greenland

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 440, Issue , 2008, Pages 51-76

  Polat, Ali ^a   Frei, Robert ^b,c   Appel, Peter W U ^d   Fryer, Brian ^e   Dilek, Yildirim ^f   Ordón̈ez Calderón, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^f MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorthosite; Archean; Greenstone belt; Isotope; Oceanic crust; Ocelli; Pillow basalt

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BINARY ALLOYS; EARTH (PLANET); FELDSPAR; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEODYNAMICS; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SAMARIUM ALLOYS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SILICATES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANORTHOSITE; ARCHEAN; GREENSTONE BELTS; OCEANIC CRUST; OCELLI;

NEODYMIUM ALLOYS;

ANORTHOSITE; ARCHEAN; BRECCIA; CUMULATE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEODYNAMICS; GREENSTONE BELT; ISLAND ARC; LITHOLOGY; MANTLE SOURCE; METASOMATISM; OCEANIC CRUST; PILLOW LAVA; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCK; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; NUUK; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 75249099691     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.2440(03)     Document Type: Article

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