Generation and preservation of continental crust in the Grenville Orogeny
Detrital zircons from modern sediments display an episodic temporal distribution of U-Pb crystallization ages forming a series of ‘peaks’ and ‘troughs’. The peaks are interpreted to represent either periods of enhanced generation of granitic magma perhaps associated with mantle overturn and superplu...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Elsevier
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41187 |