U-Pb and Lu-Hf isotope systematics of zircons from the Mississippi River sand: Implications for reworking and growth of continental crust

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 485-488

  Iizuka, Tsuyoshi ^a   Hirata, Takafumi ^a   Komiya, Tsuyoshi ^a   Rino, Shuji ^a   Katayama, Ikuo ^b   Motoki, Akihisa ^c   Maruyama, Shigenori ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Continental growth; Crustal reworking; Laser ablation ICP MS; Lu Hf; U Pb; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CRUST FORMATION; GROWTH RATES; ISOTOPE ANALYSES; MANTLE-EXTRACTION MODEL;

HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES; LEAD; LUTETIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS; SAND; URANIUM; ZIRCON;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; REWORKING;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20444502909     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21427.1     Document Type: Article

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