Decoupling of the Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd isotope systems during the evolution of granulitic lower crust beneath southern Africa

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 405-408

  Schmitz, Mark D ^a,c   Vervoort, Jeff D ^b,d   Bowring, Samuel A ^c   Patchett, P Jonathan ^d  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Garnet; Granulite; Lower crust; Lu Hf; Rutile; Sm Nd; U Pb; Xenoliths; Zircon

Indexed keywords

DECOUPLING; ISOTOPIC ANOMALIES;

FRACTIONATION; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES; LUTETIUM; NEODYMIUM; SAMARIUM;

GEOLOGY;

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GRANULITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION;

EID: 2442549480     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20241.1     Document Type: Article

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