Do the trace element compositions of detrital zircons require Hadean continental crust?

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 633-636

  Coogan, Laurence A ^a   Hinton, Richard W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continental crust; Hadean; Mid ocean ridge; Zircon

Indexed keywords

BASALT DIFFERENTIATION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; GEOTHERMOMETER; LOW CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURES; PARENTAL MELT COMPOSITIONS;

BASALT; CRYSTALLIZATION; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; ZIRCON;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRYSTALLIZATION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZIRCON;

EID: 33747335139     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22737.1     Document Type: Article

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