Old subcontinental mantle zircon below Oahu
Oceanic mantle-derived zircon grains recovered from pyroxenite xenoliths in Hawaii have 14-million-year-old rims, Cretaceous cores and Proterozoic lutetium-hafnium model-ages, according to mass spectrometry and electron microprobe analyses.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature
2021-09-01
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| Series: | Communications Earth & Environment |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00261-0 |