Hafnium isotope evidence from Archean granitic rocks for deep-mantle origin of continental crust

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 337-338, Issue , 2012, Pages 211-223

  Guitreau, Martin ^a   Blichert Toft, Janne ^a   Martin, Hervé ^b   Mojzsis, Stephen J ^a,c   Albarède, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Archean; Continental crust; Hf isotopes; Oceanic plateaus; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; DATA SETS; DETRITAL ZIRCON; ELEMENT ABUNDANCES; GRANITIC ROCKS; GRANITOIDS; GREAT DEPTH; HAFNIUM ISOTOPES; HF ISOTOPE; ISOTOPE DATA; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE SOURCE; MC-ICP-MS; OCEANIC PLATEAUS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; UPPER MANTLE;

ISOTOPES; LEAD; ZIRCON;

HAFNIUM;

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; GRANITOID; GRANODIORITE; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE SOURCE; TONALITE; TRONDHJEMITE; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALIA; JACK HILLS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84862698762     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.05.029     Document Type: Article

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