Archean Thermal Regime and Stabilization of the Cratons

Archean Geodynamics and Environments

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 61-73

  Mareschal, Jean Claude ^a   Jaupart, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Earth Crust; Earth Mantle; Geodynamics; Geology, Stratigraphic Archaean; Geology, Structural; Plate tectonics

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEODYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; PETROLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ARCHAEAN; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; EARTH CRUSTS; EARTH MANTLE; EFFECTIVE VISCOSITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE-LOW PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

TECTONICS;

EID: 84952896028     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/164GM06     Document Type: Chapter

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