Episodic Earth evolution

Tectonophysics

Volumn 609, Issue , 2013, Pages 661-674

  Arndt, Nicholas ^a   Davaille, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Continental crust growth; Mantle convection; Precambrian Zircon Age; Thermochemical plumes

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CONVERGENT MARGIN; EARTH EVOLUTIONS; GRANITE MAGMATISM; MANTLE CONVECTION; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; THERMO-CHEMICAL PLUMES; ZIRCON AGE;

DOMES; FLUID MECHANICS; GALLIUM; LEAD; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; GRANITOID; MANTLE CONVECTION; OCEANIC CRUST; PARTIAL MELTING; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; UPPER MANTLE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EID: 84889091959     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.07.002     Document Type: Review

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