A granitic inclusion suite within igneous zircons from a 3.81 Ga tonalite (W. Greenland): Restrictions for Hadean crustal evolution studies using detrital zircons

Chemical Geology

Volumn 261, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 77-82

  Nutman, Allen P ^a   Hiess, Joe ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eoarchaean; Hadean; Ti in zircon thermometry; Tonalite; Zircon melt inclusions

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GRANITE; HADEAN; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MELT INCLUSION; SHRIMP DATING; TONALITE; ZIRCON;

EID: 62349132353     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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