Resetting of Sm-Nd systematics during metamorphism of > 3.7-Ga rocks: Implications for isotopic models of early Earth differentiation

Chemical Geology

Volumn 133, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 225-240

  Gruau, G ^a   Rosing, M ^b,c   Bridgwater, D ^b   Gill, R C O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; EARLY EARTH EVOLUTION; METAMORPHISM; SAMARIUM/NEODYMIUM DATING;

GREENLAND, ISUA;

EID: 0030441691     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(96)00092-7     Document Type: Article

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