The Hadean upper mantle conundrum: Evidence for source depletion and enrichment from Sm-Nd, Re-Os, and Pb isotopic compositions in 3.71 Gy boninite-like metabasalts from the Isua Supracrustal Belt, Greenland

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1645-1660

  Frei, Robert ^a   Polat, Ali ^b   Meibom, Anders ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BONINITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METABASALT; UPPER MANTLE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; ISUA GREENSTONE BELT;

EID: 1842629536     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2003.10.009     Document Type: Article

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