On the scarcity of > 3900 Ma detrital zircons in ≥ 3500 Ma metasediments

Precambrian Research

Volumn 105, Issue 2-4, 2001, Pages 93-114

  Nutman, A P ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archaean; Crustal growth; Crustal recycling; Detrital sediments; Zircons

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; LEAD; NEODYMIUM; STRONTIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; ZIRCON;

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHINA; EVOLUTION; GEOLOGY; GREENLAND; GROWTH RATE; MODEL; ROCK; SEDIMENT; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035977556     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(00)00106-6     Document Type: Article

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