Hadean greenstones from the Nuvvuagittuq fold belt and the origin of the Earth's early continental crust

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 363-366

  Adam, John ^a   Rushmer, Tracy ^a   O'Neil, Jonathan ^b   Francis, Don ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONINITES; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; FOLD BELTS; GRANITOIDS; INCOMPATIBLE ELEMENT; MID-OCEANIC-RIDGE BASALTS; ORIGIN OF THE EARTH; PARTIAL MELTING; QUEBEC , CANADA; RELATIVE CONCENTRATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE MAGMAS; TONALITE;

EXPERIMENTS; GALLIUM; WATER RECYCLING;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; FOLD BELT; GREENSTONE; HADEAN; PARTIAL MELTING; PLATE TECTONICS; TECTONIC SETTING;

CANADA; NUVVUAGITTUQ GREENSTONE BELT; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84861361564     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32623.1     Document Type: Article

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