Behavior of hafnium and neodymium isotopes in the crust: Constraints from Precambrian crustally derived granites

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 3717-3733

  Vervoort, Jeff D ^a   Patchett, P Jonathan ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NEODYMIUM; PRECAMBRIAN;

EID: 0030435562     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00201-3     Document Type: Article

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