Coupled 142Nd-143Nd Isotopic Evidence for Hadean Mantle Dynamics

The oldest rocks - 3.85 billion years old - from southwest Greenland have coupled neodymium-142 excesses (from decay of now-extinct samarium-146; half-life, 103 million years) and neodymium-143 excesses (from decay of samarium-147; half-life, 106 billion

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bennett, Victoria, Brandon, Alan D, Nutman, Allen P
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1885/26972
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Summary:The oldest rocks - 3.85 billion years old - from southwest Greenland have coupled neodymium-142 excesses (from decay of now-extinct samarium-146; half-life, 103 million years) and neodymium-143 excesses (from decay of samarium-147; half-life, 106 billion