A review of the isotopic and trace element evidence for mantle and crustal processes in the Hadean and Archean: Implications for the onset of plate tectonic subduction

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 440, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-29

  Shirey, Steven B ^a   Kamber, Balz S ^b   Whitehouse, Martin J ^c   Mueller, Paul A ^d   Basu, Asish R ^e  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Archean; Crust; Hadean; Mantle; Plate tectonics; Radiogenic isotopes; Subduction

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); FRACTIONATION; GALLIUM; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPES; MAGNESITE; MOON; NAVAL ARCHITECTURE; PEROVSKITE; SILICATES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ARCHEAN; CRUST; HADEAN; MANTLE; RADIOGENIC ISOTOPES; SUBDUCTION;

TECTONICS;

ARCHEAN; COOLING; CRATON; HADEAN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MAFIC ROCK; MANTLE CONVECTION; PEROVSKITE; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRACE ELEMENT; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 75249094739     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.2440(01)     Document Type: Article

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