Remnants of arc-related Mesoarchaean oceanic crust in the Tartoq Group of SW Greenland

Gondwana Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 436-451

  Szilas, Kristoffer ^a,b,c   Van Hinsberg, Vincent J ^d   Kisters, Alex F M ^e   Hoffmann, J Elis ^f,g   Windley, Brian F ^h   Kokfelt, Thomas F ^a   Scherstén, Anders ⁱ   Frei, Robert ^b,j   Rosing, Minik T ^c,j   Münker, Carsten ^g  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Archaean; Geochronology; Greenland; Oceanic crust; Supracrustal belt; Tartoq Group

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BASALT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHONDRITE; CONTINENTAL ARC; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORMATION MECHANISM; GEODYNAMICS; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOLOGY; OCEANIC CRUST; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLATE TECTONICS; SOURCE ROCK; SPREADING CENTER; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84871935469     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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