Boron isotopic composition of tourmalines from the 3.8-Ga-old Isua supracrustals, West Greenland: Implications on the δ 11B value of early Archean seawater

Chemical Geology

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 171-180

  Chaussidon, Marc ^a   Appel, Peter W Uitterdijk ^b  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Archean seawater; Boron isotopic composition; Isua supracrustals, 3.8 Ga old; Tourmalines; West Greenland

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; BORON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SEAWATER; TOURMALINE;

GREENLAND, ISUA BELT;

EID: 0030762099     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(96)00140-4     Document Type: Article

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