The Nd and Hf isotopic evolution of the mantle through the Archean. Results from the Isua supracrustals, West Greenland, and from the Birimian terranes of West Africa

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 3901-3914

  Blichert Toft, Janne ^a   Albarède, Francis ^a   Rosing, Minik ^b   Frei, Robert ^b   Bridgwater, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; HAFNIUM; MANTLE; NEODYMIUM;

(WEST); AFRICA; GREENLAND;

EID: 0342905430     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00183-0     Document Type: Article

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