Metamorphic consequences of secular changes in oceanic crust composition and implications for uniformitarianism in the geological record
Cooling of the Earth's mantle since the Meso-Archean is predicted by thermal and petrological models to have induced a secular change in the composition of primary mantle-derived magmas – and thus bulk oceanic crust; in particular, suggesting a decrease in maficity over time. This hypothesis un...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-07-01
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| Series: | Geoscience Frontiers |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S167498711830094X |