The development of lithospheric keels beneath the earliest continents: Time constraints using PGE and Re-Os isotope systematics

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 199, Issue , 2002, Pages 65-90

  Pearson, D G ^a   Irvine, G J ^a   Carlson, R W ^b   Kopylova, M G ^c   Ionov, D A ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRATON; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; KIMBERLITE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; XENOLITH;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 0037004850     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2002.199.01.04     Document Type: Article

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