Reworking of Hadean crust in the Acasta gneisses, northwestern Canada: Evidence from in-situ Lu-Hf isotope analysis of zircon

Chemical Geology

Volumn 259, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 230-239

  Iizuka, Tsuyoshi ^a   Komiya, Tsuyoshi ^a   Johnson, Simon P ^b   Kon, Yoshiaki ^a   Maruyama, Shigenori ^a   Hirata, Takafumi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ancient zircon; Crustal evolution; Crustal reworking; Hadean; LA MC ICPMS; Lu Hf isotope

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HADEAN; HAFNIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LUTETIUM; ORTHOGNEISS; ZIRCON;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ACASTA;

EID: 59449090264     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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