Proterozoic onset of crustal reworking and collisional tectonics: Reappraisal of the zircon oxygen isotope record

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 451-454

  Spencer, Christopher J ^a,b   Cawood, Peter A ^a   Hawkesworth, Chris J ^a   Raub, Timothy D ^a   Prave, Anthony R ^a   Roberts, Nick M W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; LEAD; ZIRCON;

ARCHEAN; COLLISIONAL; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; MEAN VALUES; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RECORDS; PROTEROZOIC; SUPERCONTINENTS; TEMPORAL CHANGE;

TECTONICS;

COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKENING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATISM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROTEROZOIC; REWORKING; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONICS; TROUGH; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EID: 84898887506     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G35363.1     Document Type: Article

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