Microsampling and isotopic analysis of igneous rocks: Implications for the study of magmatic systems
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Isotopic compositions were analyzed on the scale of individual crystals and isotopic and geochemical tracing were integrated with textural and petrographic observation. The relationship between isotopic composition and petrographic features can be used to constrain magma evolution pathways involving magma mixing, contamination and recharge.
Publication Name: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Science
Subject: Earth sciences
ISSN: 0084-6597
Year: 2007
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Evolution of the continental lithosphere
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The cratonal lithosphere is about 200 km thick formed in the Archean by processes analogous to modern tectonics. The findings indicate that its high viscosity, high yield strength, and chemical buoyancy protect it from being entrained by underlying stagnant lid convection and by subduction.
Publication Name: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Science
Subject: Earth sciences
ISSN: 0084-6597
Year: 2005
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