Comparative orotomy of the Archean Superior and Phanerozoic Altaid orogenic systems


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Kusky T. M., Sengor A. M. C.

NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW, vol.10, 2023 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 10
  • Publication Date: 2023
  • Doi Number: 10.1093/nsr/nwac235
  • Journal Name: NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Applied Science & Technology Source, Compendex, INSPEC, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Keywords: Altaids, superior province, ophiolite, subduction, strike-slip, ABITIBI GREENSTONE-BELT, U-PB AGES, CENTRAL WABIGOON SUBPROVINCE, CRUSTAL GROWTH, PLATE-TECTONICS, METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS, CONTINENTAL-CRUST, TERRANE ACCRETION, GRANITOID ROCKS, OCEANIC-CRUST
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Comparative tectonic analysis of the Archean Superior and Phanerozoic Altaid orogens reveals remarkable similarities pointing to common processes involved in the formation of continental crust over four billion years of Earth history.