Most anorthosites lie in two principal belts when plotted on a predrift continental reconstruction. Anorthosite ages in the belts cluster around 1300 ± 200 million years and range from 1100 to 1700 million years. This suggests that anorthosites are the product of a unique cataclysmic event or a thermal event that was normal only during the earth's early history.
Anorthosite belts, continental drift, and the anorthosite event
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Abstract
Publication type | Article |
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Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
Title | Anorthosite belts, continental drift, and the anorthosite event |
Series title | Science |
DOI | 10.1126/science.164.3882.944 |
Volume | 164 |
Issue | 3882 |
Year Published | 1969 |
Language | English |
Publisher | AAAS |
Description | 4 p. |
First page | 944 |
Last page | 947 |
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