Dunites from Isua, Greenland: A ca. 3720 Ma window into subcrustal metasomatism of depleted mantle

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 663-666

  Friend, C R L ^a,c   Nutman, A P ^b,c  

^a University of Wollongong ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE; INTERCALATION; OLIVINE;

CHEMICAL SIGNATURES; CLINOPYROXENES; CRUSTAL ROCKS; FORMING MECHANISM; HIGH FIELD STRENGTH ELEMENTS; ISUA SUPRACRUSTAL BELTS; SUB-ARC MANTLE; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

AMPHIBOLITE; DUNITE; FORSTERITE; GABBRO; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE SOURCE; METASOMATISM; PILLOW LAVA; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; ISUA GREENSTONE BELT;

EID: 79960055317     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31904.1     Document Type: Article

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