archaean Definition

archean, early, cratons, palaeozoic, silicic, orogenic, colluvial, lateritic, surficial, cenozoic, evaporite, ordovician, anorthosite, paleozoic, amphibolite, alkalic, porphyritic, phyllosilicate, siliceous, supergene, stratiform, depositional, eluvial, mesozoic, noachian, dacitic, chloritic, magmatic, epidote, granitoid, extrusive, basaltic, igneous, calcareous, metallogenic, interbedded, biotite, phanerozoic, basinal, illite, dolomitic, argentiferous, cretaceous, auriferous, peridotite, dioritic, detrital, stromatolite, ferruginous, rhyolitic, pelitic, pegmatitic, muscovite, argillaceous, phlogopite, actinolite, silurian, gneissic, eclogite, carboniferous, palaeo, relict, hydrothermal, hematitic, chalcedonic, schistose, huronian, hypogene, olivine, dacite, felsite, sedimentary, lacustrine, fragmental, smectite, hypabyssal, mineralized, deformational, calcic, turonian, carbonaceous, sericite, pyroxene, coeval, domal, pyrope, potassic, clastic, hadean, metasomatic, ultrabasic, geologic, phreatic, albite, feldspathic, gossan, fuchsite, diamondiferous, metamorphic, arcuate,