The continental record and the generation of continental crust

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 14-32

  Cawood, P A ^a,b   Hawkesworth, C J ^a   Dhuime, B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL GROWTH; CRUSTAL MATERIALS; DETRITAL ZIRCON; DIRECT ANALYSIS; FUNDAMENTAL PULSE; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL; PRESERVATION POTENTIAL; ROCK UNITS; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SOURCE ROCKS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; SUPERCONTINENTS; TECTONIC SETTINGS;

GALLIUM; RECYCLING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL RECYCLING; DELAMINATION; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 84872291859     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30722.1     Document Type: Article

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