Early Archean crustal evolution of the Jack Hills Zircon source terrane inferred from Lu-Hf, 207Pb/206Pb, and δ18O systematics of Jack Hills zircons

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 4816-4829

  Bell, Elizabeth A ^a   Harrison, T Mark ^a,b   McCulloch, Malcolm T ^c,d   Young, Edward D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; HADEAN; HAFNIUM; LEAD ISOTOPE; LUTETIUM; MAGMA; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; REWORKING; TERRANE; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALIA; JACK HILLS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79961168376     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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