Detrital zircon evidence for Hf isotopic evolution of granitoid crust and continental growth

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2450-2472

  Iizuka, Tsuyoshi ^a   Komiya, Tsuyoshi ^a   Rino, Shuji ^a   Maruyama, Shigenori ^a   Hirata, Takafumi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GRANITOID; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATISM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZIRCON;

AMAZON RIVER; CHINA; CONGO RIVER; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 77649270046     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.01.023     Document Type: Article

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