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Niobium/Uranium Evidence for Early Formation of the Continental Crust

Published:1997-01-24 Issue:5299 Volume:275 Page:521-523
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Science

Author:

Sylvester Paul J.¹,Campbell Ian H.¹,Bowyer Deborah A.¹

Affiliation:

1. Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.

Abstract

Niobium/uranium ratios in greenstone-belt basalts and gabbros indicate that parts of the Late Archean mantle beneath Western Australia underwent a level of melt extraction, resulting in formation of the continental crust, comparable to that seen in the present mantle. The implication is either that (i) the amount of continental crust that formed before 2.7 × 10 9 years ago was much greater than generally thought or (ii) crustal growth occurred by severe depletion of small volumes of the mantle rather than by moderate depletion of a large volume of mantle.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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