Early earth history and development of the Archaean Crust

R. A. Strachan, C. D. Storey, A. R. Prave

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    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationGeological History of Britain and Ireland
    EditorsNigel Woodcock, Rob Strachan
    PublisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd
    Chapter3
    Pages41-53
    Number of pages13
    EditionSecond
    ISBN (Electronic)9781118274064
    ISBN (Print)9781405193825
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 12 Apr 2012

    Keywords

    • Archaean arcs, amalgamated by thrust faulting
    • Archaean Crust development
    • Archaean in the British Isles, the Lewisian complex
    • crustal evolution in the Archaean
    • global distribution of Archaean cratons
    • Hadean Eon, formation of the early earth
    • Inverian deformation, retrogression
    • northern margin of the Iapetus ocean

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