The geodynamic evolution of Mesoarchean anorthosite complexes inferred from the Naajat Kuuat Complex, southern West Greenland

Precambrian Research

Volumn 196-197, Issue , 2012, Pages 149-170

  Hoffmann, J Elis ^a,b,c   Svahnberg, Henrik ^d   Piazolo, Sandra ^d,e   Scherstén, Anders ^f   Münker, Carsten ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Poppelsdorfer Schloss   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anorthosite; Archean; Archean geodynamics; Cumulates; Fractional crystallisation; Greenland; Hf Nd; HFSE; Lu Hf; Sm Nd; U Pb

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; ANORTHOSITE; ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL THICKENING; CUMULATE; EMPLACEMENT; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEODYNAMICS; GRANULITE FACIES; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LUTETIUM; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; NEODYMIUM; OCEANIC CRUST; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; TONALITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 84855166597     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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