Beach placer, a proxy for the average Nd and Hf isotopic composition of a continental area

Chemical Geology

Volumn 287, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 182-192

  Garçon, Marion ^a   Chauvel, Catherine ^a   Bureau, Sarah ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Continental crust; Hafnium; Monazite; Neodymium; Zircon

Indexed keywords

BEACH PLACERS; BINOCULAR MICROSCOPES; BULK COMPOSITIONS; CAMARGUE; CONTINENTAL AREA; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CONTINENTAL MATERIALS; CRUSTAL MATERIALS; EROSION PRODUCTS; HEAVY MINERALS; HF ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; MICRO X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; MINERAL PHASIS; PROTEROZOIC; PROTOLITHS; RHONE RIVER; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TWO STAGE MODEL; WESTERN EUROPE;

BEACHES; DEPOSITS; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MONAZITE; NEODYMIUM; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZIRCON;

PLACERS;

BEACH; CONTINENTAL CRUST; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MONAZITE; NEODYMIUM; PLACER DEPOSIT; ZIRCON;

ALPS; BOUCHES DU RHONE; CAMARGUE; FRANCE; MASSIF CENTRAL; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; RHONE RIVER;

EID: 79960913526     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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