Nd isotopic evolution of the upper mantle during the Precambrian: Models, data and the uncertainty of both

Precambrian Research

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 233-252

  Nagler Th F ^a   Kramers, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crustal growth; Depleted mantle; Early Archean crust; Earth history; Neodymium isotopes; Sm Nd; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NEODYMIUM; PRECAMBRIAN; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 0038432192     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(98)00051-5     Document Type: Article

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