Plate tectonic–like cycles since the Hadean: Initiated or inherited?

Interpretation of Earth’s oldest preserved crustal archive, the Jack Hills zircon of Western Australia, has been controversial in terms of the onset of plate tectonics. We conduct timeseries analysis on hafnium isotopes of the Jack Hills zircon and reveal an array of statistically significant cycles...

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Main Authors: Mitchell, R.N., Spencer, Christopher, Kirscher, Uwe, Wilde, Simon
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: GEOLOGICAL SOC AMER, INC 2022
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Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL150100133
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90464