Hadean age for a post-magma-ocean zircon confirmed by atom-probe tomography
The only physical evidence from the earliest phases of Earth’s evolution comes from zircons, ancient mineral grains that can be dated using the U–Th–Pb geochronometer1. Oxygen isotope ratios from such zircons have been used to infer when the hydrosphere and conditions habitable to life were establis...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Nature Publishing Group, Macmillan Publishers Ltd
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22641 |