Archaean fluid-assisted crustal cannibalism recorded by low δ18O and negative εHf(T) isotopic signatures of West Greenland granite zircon

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1027-1050

  Hiess, Joe ^a,b,d   Bennett, Vickie C ^a   Nutman, Allen P ^a,c   Williams, Ian S ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaean; Crust; Granite; Greenland; Hafnium; Oxygen; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BASEMENT ROCK; CANNIBALISM; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GNEISS; GRANITE; HAFNIUM; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RECRYSTALLIZATION; TRONDHJEMITE; ZIRCON;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; NUUK;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 79955851302     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-010-0578-z     Document Type: Article

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