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Evidence for subduction at 3.8 Ga: Geochemistry of arc-like metabasalts from the southern edge of the Isua Supracrustal Belt

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2009

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Jenner, Frances
Bennett, Victoria
Nutman, Allen
Friend, Clark
Norman, Marc
Yaxley, Gregory

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Elsevier

Abstract

We present new major and trace element data for rare examples of preserved pillow basalts from a locality of little studied > 3800 Ma rocks at the southwestern edge of the Isua Supracrustal Belt (ISB), West Greenland. The 20 samples have 47.3-59.0 wt.%

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Keywords: Archean; chemical composition; igneous geochemistry; magma chemistry; mantle source; metabasalt; subduction; Arctic; Greenland; Isua Greenstone Belt Eoarchean; Greenland; Island arc basalts; Isua Supracrustal Belt; Subduction

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/38488

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ANU Research Publications

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Chemical Geology

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10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.09.016

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2037-12-31

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