Building Mesoarchaean crust upon Eoarchaean roots: the Akia Terrane, West Greenland

• Published in: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
• Main Authors: Gardiner, N. J., Kirkland, C. L., Hollis, J., Szilas, K., Steenfelt, A., Yakymchuk, C., Heide-Jørgensen, H.
• Other Authors: Australian Research Council, Ministry of Mineral Resources, Government of Greenland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2019
• Subjects: Geochemistry and Petrology; Geophysics; Finnefjeld; Greenland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00410-019-1554-x; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00410-019-1554-x.pdf; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00410-019-1554-x/fulltext.html

Abstract Constraining the source, genesis, and evolution of Archaean felsic crust is key to understanding the growth and stabilization of cratons. The Akia Terrane, part of the North Atlantic Craton, West Greenland, is comprised of Meso-to-Neoarchaean orthogneiss, with associated supracrustal rocks....