Episodic growth of the Gondwana supercontinent from hafnium and oxygen isotopes in zircon

Nature

Volumn 439, Issue 7076, 2006, Pages 580-583

  Kemp, A I S ^a   Hawkesworth, C J ^a   Paterson, B A ^a   Kinny, P D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; ZIRCON;

CRUSTAL GROWTH; EPISODIC CRUST FORMATIONS; MAGMAS; PLANETARY ACCRETION;

TECTONICS;

HAFNIUM; ISOTOPE; NEODYMIUM; OXYGEN; ZIRCONIUM;

GONDWANA; HAFNIUM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CRYSTALLIZATION; EVOLUTION; FRACTIONATION; GEOLOGY; GROWTH; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 31844457039     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04505     Document Type: Article

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