Lu-Hf systematics of the ultra-high temperature Napier Metamorphic Complex in Antarctica: Evidence for the early Archean differentiation of Earth's mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 246, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 305-316

  Choi, Sung Hi ^a   Mukasa, Samuel B ^a   Andronikov, Alexandre V ^a   Osanai, Yasuhito ^b   Harley, Simon L ^c   Kelly, Nigel M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Archean; Lu Hf isotope; Napier Complex; UHT granulite; zircon

Indexed keywords

GRANULITE; ORTHOPYROXENE; OSUMILITE; SAPPHIRINE; ULTRA-HIGH TEMPERATURE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GARNETS; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES; ISOTOPES;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

ARCHEAN; GRANULITE; MANTLE; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM; ZIRCON;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33744929631     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.04.012     Document Type: Article

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