Hadean crustal evolution revisited: New constraints from Pb-Hf isotope systematics of the Jack Hills zircons

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 296, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 45-56

  Kemp, A I S ^a   Wilde, S A ^b   Hawkesworth, C J ^c,e   Coath, C D ^c   Nemchin, A ^b   Pidgeon, R T ^b   Vervoort, J D ^d   DuFrane, S A ^d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crust generation; Hadean; Hf and Pb isotopes; Jack Hills; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; CRUST GENERATION; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRYSTALLIZATION AGE; DETRITAL ZIRCON; EARLY EARTH; GRANITIC MAGMAS; HADEAN; HF ISOTOPE; IN-SITU; ISOTOPE TRACERS; ISOTOPIC STUDY; MAGMA OCEAN; METASEDIMENTARY BELT; PB ISOTOPES; PLATE TECTONICS; PROTOLITHS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BIOLOGY; CRYSTALLIZATION; GALLIUM; ISOTOPES; LEAD; OCEANOGRAPHY; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; ZIRCON;

HAFNIUM;

CRATON; CRYSTALLIZATION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; EARLY EARTH; HADEAN; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MANTLE PROCESS; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; PARENT BODY; PLATE TECTONICS; PROTOLITH; TERRANE; TRACER; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALIA; JACK HILLS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACASTA;

EID: 77953812878     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.04.043     Document Type: Article

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