Evidence and implications for a widespread magmatic shutdown for 250 My on Earth

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 282, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 294-298

  Condie, Kent C ^a   O'Neill, Craig ^b   Aster, Richard C ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

crustal growth; episodicity; magmatic age gap; mantle evolution; plate tectonics; zircon ages

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL GROWTH; EPISODICITY; MAGMATIC AGE GAP; MANTLE EVOLUTION; PLATE TECTONICS; ZIRCON AGES;

GALLIUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HAFNIUM; OXYGENATION; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONVERGENT MARGIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATISM; PLATE TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC; UNCONFORMITY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EID: 67349106086     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.03.033     Document Type: Article

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