Mechanisms and consequences of intra-crystalline enrichment of ancient radiogenic Pb in detrital Hadean zircons from the Jack Hills, Western Australia
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DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.04.005
Abstract: Abstract The recent discovery of Pb* (radiogenic lead)-enriched domains (PEDs) in zircon using high-resolution scanning ion imaging, atom probe tomography and transmission electron microscopy indicates that the U-Pb isotopic system in zircon can be affected… read more here.
Keywords: crystalline enrichment; western australia; intra crystalline; hills western ... See more keywords
Secondary magnetic inclusions in detrital zircons from the Jack Hills, Western Australia, and implications for the origin of the geodynamo
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DOI: 10.1130/g39938.1
Abstract: The time of origin of Earth’s dynamo is unknown. Detrital zircon crystals containing ferromagnetic inclusions from the Jack Hills of Western Australia have the potential to contain the oldest records of the geodynamo. It has… read more here.
Keywords: western australia; detrital zircons; secondary magnetic; hills western ... See more keywords