The composite Archaean grey gneisses: Petrological significance, and evidence for a non-unique tectonic setting for Archaean crustal growth

Lithos

Volumn 123, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 21-36

  Moyen, Jean François ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Archaean; Crustal growth; Grey gneiss; TTG

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEODYNAMICS; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; GNEISS; GRANITOID; GRANODIORITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOLOGY; LOW PRESSURE; MAFIC ROCK; PETROLOGY; POTASSIC ROCK; TECTONIC SETTING; TONALITE; TRONDHJEMITE;

EID: 79952537837     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.09.015     Document Type: Article

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