Origin of Archean tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite (TTG) suites and granites in the Fiskenæsset region, southern West Greenland: Implications for continental growth

Gondwana Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 452-470

  Huang, Hua ^a   Polat, Ali ^a   Fryer, Brian J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archean; Eclogite; Fisken sset region; Granite; SW Greenland; TTG

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BASALT; CONTINENTAL CRUST; ECLOGITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANODIORITE; METAMORPHISM; PARTIAL MELTING; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TONALITE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRONDHJEMITE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 84871931639     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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