Continental growth and the crustal record

Tectonophysics

Volumn 609, Issue , 2013, Pages 651-660

  Hawkesworth, Chris ^a   Cawood, Peter ^a   Dhuime, Bruno ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age distributions; Continental crust; Hf and O isotopes; Zircon

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; HF AND O ISOTOPES; MANTLE TEMPERATURES; PRESERVATION POTENTIAL; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBCONTINENTAL MANTLE;

HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; RECYCLING; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; ZIRCON;

GALLIUM;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; MANTLE STRUCTURE; METAMORPHISM; MINERALIZATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EID: 84889092538     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.08.013     Document Type: Review

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