The hadean crust: Evidence from >4 ga zircons

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue , 2009, Pages 479-505

  Harrison, T Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continental crust growth; Detrital; Jack Hills; Waterworld

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST GROWTH; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CRUSTAL PROCESS; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; DETRITAL; DETRITAL ZIRCON; GRANITOIDS; GROWTH MODELS; HIGH WATER; PLATE BOUNDARIES; STRONG CONTRAST; WATERWORLD;

GALLIUM; OXYGEN; SILICATES; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ZIRCON;

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRYSTALLIZATION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; FELSIC ROCK; GROWTH MODELING; HADEAN; HYDROSPHERE; PLATE BOUNDARY; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; JACK HILLS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 67651115688     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.031208.100151     Document Type: Review

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