The building blocks of continental crust: Evidence for a major change in the tectonic setting of continental growth at the end of the Archean

Gondwana Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 394-402

  Condie, Kent C ^a   Kröner, Alfred ^b,c  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Arc accretion; Continental crust production; Continental growth; Oceanic arcs

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; GEOCHEMISTRY; OROGENY; PLATE TECTONICS; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 84871936845     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.09.011     Document Type: Review

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