Archaean fluid-assisted crustal cannibalism recorded by low δ 18 O and negative ε Hf(T) isotopic signatures of West Greenland granite zircon

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2011

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Hiess, Joe
Bennett, Victoria
Nutman, Allen
Williams, Ian

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Springer

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The role of fluids during Archaean intra-crustal magmatism has been investigated via integrated SHRIMP U-Pb, δ18O and LA-MC-ICPMS 176Hf isotopic zircon analysis. Six rock samples studied are all from the Nuuk region (southern West Greenland) including tw

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Keywords: Archean; basement rock; cannibalism; extensional tectonics; geochemistry; gneiss; granite; hafnium; hydrothermal alteration; isotopic analysis; isotopic composition; magma; magmatism; metamorphism; oxygen isotope; recrystallization; trondhjemite; zircon; Archaean; Crust; Granite; Greenland; Hafnium; Oxygen; Zircon

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Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

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