Diversity in earth's early felsic crust: Paleoarchean peraluminous granites of the Barberton Greenstone Belt

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 963-966

  Sanchez Garrido, Cynthia J M G ^a,c,d,e   Stevens, Gary ^a   Armstrong, Richard A ^b   Moyen, Jean François ^d,e,f   Martin, Hervé ^c,d,e   Doucelance, Régis ^c,d,e  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI FELDSPAR; BARBERTON; CRUSTAL GROWTH; GRANITIC MAGMAS; GRANITIC ROCKS; GRANITOIDS; GREENSTONE BELTS; HADEAN ZIRCONS; IN-SITU; METABASALTS; MINERAL INCLUSIONS; PALEOARCHEAN; PARTIAL MELTING; PERALUMINOUS; PHENGITE; PLUTONS; ROCK UNITS;

FELDSPAR; MELTING; OXIDE MINERALS;

GRANITE;

ARCHEAN; CONGLOMERATE; CRATON; CRUST; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRANITE; GRANITOID; GRANODIORITE; GREENSTONE BELT; METABASALT; PLUTON; RHYOLITE; TONALITE; TRONDHJEMITE;

EID: 80053989461     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32193.1     Document Type: Article

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