Early (≥ 4.5 Ga) formation of terrestrial crust: Lu-Hf, δ18O, and Ti thermometry results for Hadean zircons

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 268, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 476-486

  Harrison, T Mark ^a,b   Schmitt, Axel K ^a   McCulloch, Malcolm T ^b   Lovera, Oscar M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hadean; Lu Hf; U Pb; zircon

Indexed keywords

ERROR PROPAGATION EQUATION; HADEAN ZIRCONS;

LASER ABLATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SILICATE MINERALS; THERMOMETERS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ZIRCON;

CHONDRITE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; HADEAN; HAFNIUM; ION MICROPROBE; LUTETIUM; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROTOLITH; TITANIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; JACK HILLS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 41449090751     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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