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    Tonalitetrondhjemitegranodiorite (TTG) rocks are intrusive rocks with typical granitic composition (quartz and feldspar) but containing only a small...
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    occurring in conjunction with tonalite and granodiorite as the TTG (tonalitetrondhjemitegranodiorite) orthogneiss suite. Trondhjemite dikes also commonly form...
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    monzonite, and is now a deprecated term. Trondhjemite is an orthoclase-deficient variety of sodium-rich tonalite with minor biotite as the only mafic mineral...
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    zones. The lithologies of the Dharwar Craton are mainly TTG (Tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite) gneisses, volcanic-sedimentary greenstone sequences and calc-alkaline...
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    500-million-year time span and can be divided into two suites: The tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite (TTG) suite (emplaced approximately 3.5–3.2 Ga), and the...
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    Ga. Much of the granitic rock belongs to the distinctive tonalitetrondhjemitegranodiorite family of rocks, which are characteristic of Archean continental...
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    abundance of Archean felsic volcanic rocks, including tonalite, trondhjemite and granodiorite (TTG) series rocks,[failed verification] with minor granulite...
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    intruded by a distinctive group of granitic rocks called the tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite or TTG suite. These are the most voluminous rocks in the craton...
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    by magmatic activity leading to the formation of Archaean Tonalite-Trondhjemite-Granodiorite (TTG) such as the Sand River Gneisses and the Bulai Granite...
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  • greenstone belts, sedimentary basins, regional granitoid-tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite (TTG) plutons, and large shear zones. The craton is overlain...
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    belt itself, the belt is hosted in and in places intruded by tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite (TTG) orthogneisses. The tectonic setting in which the Isua...
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    Moyen J.-F.; Champion D. (2005). "An overview of adakite, tonalitetrondhjemitegranodiorite (TTG), and sanukitoid: relationships and some implications...
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    Partial melting of eclogite has been modeled to produce tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite melts. Eclogite-derived melts may be common in the mantle...
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    These intrusive felsic igneous rocks include TTG suites (Tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite) that contributes over half the portion of Archean cratons...
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    element ratios such as Th/Sc, Co/Th, La/Sc, La/Co suggest a tonalitetrondhjemitegranodiorite–charnockite provenance, and somewhat more felsic composition...
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    is a heterogeneous assemblage of foliated to gneissic tonalites, trondhjemites, granodiorites, and granites which contains minor quartz-diorites, diorites...
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    form. In the Archean, the continental crust was composed of tonalitetrondhjemitegranodiorite (TTG) as well as granite–monzonite–syenite suites. The Mount...
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  • the Labrador Sea. In Greenland the NAC is primarily made of tonalitetrondhjemitegranodiorite orthogneisses separated and obscured by supracrustal belts...
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    made up of early to late Archean (3.8-3.0 billion years ago) tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite gneisses, granitic gneisses, some ultramafic to felsic volcanic...
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    about 1.7 Ga and the Grenvillian orogenic event respectively. Tonalitetrondhjemitegranodiorite – Intrusive rocks with typical granitic composition Park,...
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    belt and are divided into two major groups: the TTG group, (tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite) which consists of plagioclase dominant feldspar minerals...
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    Moyen; D. Champion (January 2005). "An overview of adakite, tonalitetrondhjemitegranodiorite (TTG), and sanukitoid: relationships and some implications...
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  • TTG may refer to: Tissue transglutaminase (tTG), an enzyme Tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite, a type of rock Transmit/receive transition gap in communications...
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    Sea. The main rock types are orthogneiss (derived from the tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite association), greenstone and paragneiss. Although these rocks...
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    cannot be explained by the arc system: A massive scale of tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite and granitoid emplacement occurred within a short period (around...
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    granitic continental crust. They are like rocks called TTG (Tonalite-Trondhjemite-Granodiorite). On the Earth, TTG was common in the terrestrial continental...
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    rocks found in Guyang granite-greenstone terrane are mostly tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite (TTG) and sanukitoid. There were two phases forming TTGs,...
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    granites of sodium composition, the central complex of TTG tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite, dated between 2.15 and 2.12 billion years ago. The Montagne...
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    also be found. TTGs are an aggregation of certain rocks (tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite), that form when hydrous, mafic crust is melted at high pressure...
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    by magmatic activity leading to the formation of Archaean Tonalite-Trondhjemite-Granodiorite (TTG) such as the Sand River Gneisses or the Bulai Granite...
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