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Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Volume 24, 1986
The Nature of the Lower Continental Crust
Edited by:
J.B. Dawson, Department of Geology, University of Sheffield
D.A. Carswell, Department of Geology, University of Sheffield
J. Hall, Department of Geology, University of Glasgow and
K.H. Wedepohl, Geochemisches Institut der Universität, Göttingen

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    Introduction
    J. B. Dawson, D. A. Carswell, J. Hall and K.H. Wedepohl
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, vii-viii, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.01
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    Twenty years of deep seismic reflection profiling in Germany—a contribution to our knowledge of the nature of the lower Variscan crust
    R. Meissner
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 1-10, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.02
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    Seismic reflections from the lower crust around Britain
    D. H. Matthews
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 11-21, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.03
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    A physical model of the lower crust from North America based on seismic reflection data
    S. B. Smithson
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 23-34, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.04
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    Electrical resistivity in continental lower crust
    V. Haak and R. Hutton
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 35-49, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.05
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    The physical properties of layered rocks in deep continental crust
    J. Hall
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 51-62, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.06
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    Thermal gradients in the continental crust
    D. S. Chapman
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 63-70, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.07
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    Diversity in the lower continental crust
    J. F. Dewey
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 71-78, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.08
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    Continental lithosphere strength: the critical role of lower crustal deformation
    N. J. Kusznir and R. G. Park
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 79-93, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.09
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    Metamorphism and crustal rheology—implications for the structural development of the continental crust during prograde metamorphism
    K. Weber
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 95-106, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.10
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    The role of deformation, heat, and thermal processes in the formation of the lower continental crust
    S. A. F. Murrell
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 107-117, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.11
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    Intraplate seismicity induced by stress concentration at crustal heterogeneities—the Hohenzollern Graben, a case history
    K. Fuchs
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 119-132, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.12
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    Crustal structure and evolution of the central Australian basins
    K. Lambeck
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 133-145, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.13
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    Petrology and geochemistry of the lower continental crust: an overview
    R. W. Kay and S. M. Kay
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 147-159, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.14
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    Fluid inclusions in rocks from the lower continental crust
    J. Touret
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 161-172, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.15
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    The chemical composition of the Archaean crust
    S. R. Taylor and S.M. McLennan
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 173-178, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.16
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    Geochemical constraints on the origin of Archaean tonalitic-trondhjemitic rocks and implications for lower crustal composition
    R. L. Rudnick and S. R. Taylor
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 179-191, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.17
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    Eclogite facies metamorphism in the lower continental crust
    D. A. Carswell and S.J. Cuthbert
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 193-209, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.18
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    Geochronology and related isotope geochemistry of high-grade metamorphic rocks from the lower continental crust
    S. Moorbath and P.N. Taylor
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 211-220, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.19
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    The structural evolution of the lower crust of orogenic belts, present and past
    B. F. Windley and J. Tarney
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 221-230, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.20
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    Petrogenesis of layered gabbros and ultramafic rocks from Val Sesia, the Ivrea Zone, NW Italy: trace element and isotope geochemistry
    C. Pin and J. D. Sills
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 231-249, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.21
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    Evolution of the late Archaean lower continental crust in southern West Greenland
    S. Robertson
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 251-260, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.22
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    Chemical and isotopic effects of late Archaean high-grade metamorphism and granite injection on early Archaean gneisses, Saglek-Hebron, northern Labrador
    L. Schiøtte, D. Bridgwater, K.D. Collerson, A.P. Nutman and A.B. Ryan
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 261-273, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.23
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    Composition of the Canadian Precambrian shield and the continental crust of the earth
    D. M. Shaw, J. J. Cramer, M. D. Higgins and M. G. Truscott
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 275-282, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.24
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    High grade metamorphism in the granulite belt of Finnish Lapland
    M. Raith and P. Raase
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 283-295, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.25
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    The South India-Sri Lanka high-grade terrain as a possible deep-crust section
    R. C. Newton and E.C. Hansen
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 297-307, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.26
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    Geochemistry of granulite-facies lower crustal xenoliths: implications for the geological history of the lower continental crust below the Eifel, West Germany
    H.-G. Stosch, G. W. Lugmair and H.A. Seck
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 309-317, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.27
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    Granulitic xenoliths from the French Massif Central—petrology, Sr and Nd isotope systematics and model age estimates
    H. Downes and A. Leyreloup
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 319-330, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.28
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    Mineral reactions in xenoliths from the Colorado Plateau; implications for lower crustal conditions and fluid composition
    J. R. Broadhurst
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 331-349, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.29
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    Xenoliths from southern Africa: a perspective on the lower crust
    P. W. C. van Calsteren, N. B. W. Harris, C. J. Hawkesworth, M. A. Menzies and N. W. Rogers
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 351-362, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.30
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    The lower crust in eastern Australia: xenolith evidence
    W. L. Griffin and S. Y. O’Reilly
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24, 363-374, 1 January 1986, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.31
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