Proposal for a continent ‘Itsaqia’ amalgamated at 3.66 Ga and rifted apart from 3.53 Ga: Initiation of a Wilson Cycle near the start of the rock record

Allen P. Nutman; Vickie C. Bennett; Clark R.L. Friend

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Proposal for a continent ‘Itsaqia’ amalgamated at 3.66 Ga and rifted apart from 3.53 Ga: Initiation of a Wilson Cycle near the start of the rock record

Allen P. Nutman, Vickie C. Bennett and Clark R.L. Friend

American Journal of Science June 2015, 315 (6) 509-536; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/06.2015.01

Allen P. Nutman

* GeoQuEST Research Centre, School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia

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For correspondence: anutman@uow.edu.au

Vickie C. Bennett

** Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia

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Clark R.L. Friend

*** Glendale, Tiddington, Oxon, OX9 2LQ, United Kingdom

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Allen P. Nutman, Vickie C. Bennett, Clark R.L. Friend

American Journal of Science Jun 2015, 315 (6) 509-536; DOI: 10.2475/06.2015.01

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Proposal for a continent ‘Itsaqia’ amalgamated at 3.66 Ga and rifted apart from 3.53 Ga: Initiation of a Wilson Cycle near the start of the rock record

Allen P. Nutman, Vickie C. Bennett, Clark R.L. Friend

American Journal of Science Jun 2015, 315 (6) 509-536; DOI: 10.2475/06.2015.01

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