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Detrital zircon sedimentary provenance ages for the Eoarchaean Isua supracrustal belt southern West Greenland: Juxtaposition of an imbricated ca. 3700Ma juvenile arc against an older complex with 3920-3760 Ma components

Date

Authors

Nutman, Allen

Friend, Clark

Paxton, Shane

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

The amphibolite facies Eoarchaean Isua supracrustal belt (northern part of the Nuuk region, southern West Greenland) is dominated by strongly deformed metabasalts, with chert, banded iron formation, felsic volcanic and volcano-sedimentary rocks and minor

Keywords

Keywords: age determination; amphibolite facies; Archean; belt; gabbro; geochronology; metabasalt; provenance; sedimentary rock; suture zone; terrane; tonalite; zircon; Arctic; Greenland Detrital zircon dating; Eoarchaean; Greenland; Isua supracrustal belt; Terrane assembly

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/49847

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Precambrian Research

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.precamres.2009.03.019

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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