Two types of Archean continental crust: Plume and plate tectonics on early earth

American Journal of Science

Volumn 310, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1187-1209

  Van Kranendonk, Martin J ^a,b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archean; Continental Crust; Plates; Plumes; Subduction; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; GNEISS; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PLATE TECTONICS; PLUME; SUBDUCTION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79957534482     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/10.2010.01     Document Type: Article

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