Metacraton: Nature, genesis and behavior

Gondwana Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 220-237

  Liégeois, Jean Paul ^a   Abdelsalam, Mohamed G ^b   Ennih, Nasser ^c   Ouabadi, Aziouz ^d  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Africa; Craton; Metacraton; Orogeny; Subducting lower plate; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRATON; EMPLACEMENT; HIGH PRESSURE; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; MINERALIZATION; OROGENIC BELT; SHEAR ZONE;

EID: 84869875595     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.02.016     Document Type: Review

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