Generation of Eoarchean tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite series from ahickened mafic arc crust

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 375-378

  Nagel, Thorsten J ^a   Hoffmann, J Elis ^a,b   Münker, Carsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; ISUA SUPRACRUSTAL BELTS; LOW PRESSURES; MAGMATIC ROCK; MID-OCEANIC-RIDGE BASALTS; OCEANIC CRUST; PARTIAL MELTING; PROTOLITHS; STARTING COMPOSITION; SUBDUCTION ZONES; THERMODYNAMIC CALCULATIONS; TRACE ELEMENT COMPOSITION; TRACE ELEMENT CONTENT; WEST GREENLAND;

HYDRATION; SODIUM;

MELTING;

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; GRANODIORITE; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; PARTIAL MELTING; TECTONIC SETTING; TONALITE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRONDHJEMITE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; ISUA GREENSTONE BELT; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 84861416962     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32729.1     Document Type: Article

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