Palaeoproterozoic high-pressure granulite overprint of the Archean continental crust: evidence for homogeneous crustal thickening (Man Rise, Ivory Coast)

• Published in: Journal of metamorphic geology Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 41 - 58
• Main Authors: PITRA, P., KOUAMELAN, A. N., BALLÈVRE, M., PEUCAT, J-J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2010; Wiley-Blackwell
• Subjects: Archean; Earth Sciences; Environmental Sciences; Geochemistry; Geology; Global Changes; granulite; homogeneous crustal thickening; Magma; Man Rise; Metamorphic rocks; Mineralogy; Palaeoproterozoic; Petrography; Plate tectonics; Sciences of the Universe; Ivory Coast; granulite; Man Rise; homogeneous crustal thickening; Archean; Palaeoproterozoic

The character of mountain building processes in Palaeoproterozoic times is subject to much debate. Based on the discovery of high‐pressure granulites in the Man Rise (Côte d’Ivoire), several authors have argued that Eburnean (Palaeoproterozoic) reworking of the Archean basement was achieved by moder...