Highly depleted Hadean mantle reservoirs in the sources of early Archean arc-like rocks, Isua supracrustal belt, southern West Greenland

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 7236-7260

  Hoffmann, J Elis ^a,b,c   Münker, Carsten ^a,b,c   Polat, Ali ^d   König, Stephan ^a,c   Mezger, Klaus ^b   Rosing, Minik T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONINITE; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; GARNET; HADEAN; HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; PARTIAL MELTING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; ISUA GREENSTONE BELT; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 78649448318     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.09.027     Document Type: Article

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