Early earth history and development of the Archaean Crust

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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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