Constraints from loess on the Hf-Nd isotopic composition of the upper continental crust

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 388, Issue , 2014, Pages 48-58

  Chauvel, Catherine ^a,b   Garçon, Marion ^a,b   Bureau, Sarah ^a,b   Besnault, Adeline ^a,b,e   Jahn, Bor ming ^c   Ding, Zhongli ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Nd and Hf isotopes; Sm Nd and Lu Hf ratios; Upper continental crust

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DEPOSITS; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM; SEDIMENTS; SILICATE MINERALS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZIRCON;

AVERAGE COMPOSITION; CRUST FORMATIONS; HF ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC SYSTEMS; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; ND ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; UPPER CONTINENTAL CRUST;

HAFNIUM ALLOYS;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOESS; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 84890241989     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.11.045     Document Type: Article

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