A granitic inclusion suite within igneous zircons from a 3.81 Ga tonalite (W. Greenland): Restrictions for Hadean crustal evolution studies using detrital zircons

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2008

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Nutman, Allen P
Hiess, Joe

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Elsevier

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This paper presents an electron microprobe study of inclusions within igneous zircons from ca. 3800 Ma metatonalite sample G97/18. Crystalline inclusions are K-feldspar, plagioclase, quartz, hornblende, biotite, ilmenite and apatite. Additionally, one gl

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Keywords: crustal evolution; crystallization; detrital deposit; granite; Hadean; igneous geochemistry; isotopic composition; low temperature; melt inclusion; SHRIMP dating; tonalite; zircon Eoarchaean; Hadean; Ti-in-zircon thermometry; Tonalite; Zircon melt inclusions

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Chemical Geology

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