The growth of the continental crust: Constraints from zircon Hf-isotope data

Lithos

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 457-466

  Belousova, E A ^a   Kostitsyn, Y A ^b   Griffin, W L ^c   Begg, G C ^a   O'Reilly, S Y ^a   Pearson, N J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c Minerals Targeting International   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continental growth; Crustal evolution; Hf isotopes; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; FORMATION MECHANISM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT; ZIRCON;

EID: 77956903407     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.07.024     Document Type: Article

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