The origin of decoupled Hf-Nd isotope compositions in Eoarchean rocks from southern West Greenland

J. Elis Hoffmann, Carsten Muenker, Ali Polat, Minik T. Rosing, Toni Schulz

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6610-6628
Number of pages19
JournalGeochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Volume75
Issue number21
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2011

Funding

The current research was founded by the DFG (German Research Foundation), Grant Mu 1406/8, by the Geological Museum of Copenhagen and GEUS. We thank R. Hoffbauer and Dorothee Pahsmann, for help with the XRF in Bonn and Dieter Garbe-Schonberg and Ulrike Westernstroer for the trace element measurements with quadrupole ICP-MS at Universitat Kiel. We are grateful to Daniel Herwartz, Alexander Heuser and Maria Kirchenbaur for helpful discussions. We thank Joe Hiess, Allen Nutman and Balz Kamber for constructive reviews that helped to improve the manuscript. Peter Ulmer is acknowledged for the careful editorial handling of the manuscript. This is a contribution to the IGCP-SIDA project number 599.

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 105105 Geochemistry

Keywords

  • ISUA SUPRACRUSTAL BELT
  • EARLY EARTH DIFFERENTIATION
  • SUBDUCTION ZONE PROCESSES
  • ARCHEAN CRUST FORMATION
  • GREENSTONE-BELT
  • CONTINENTAL-CRUST
  • DEPLETED MANTLE
  • SM-ND
  • LU-HF
  • U-PB

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