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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Main Authors: Christopher J. Spencer, Peter A. Cawood, Chris J. Hawkesworth, Anthony R. Prave, Nick M.W. Roberts, Matthew S.A. Horstwood, Martin J. Whitehouse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-05-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987114001583