Archaean zircons in Miocene oceanic hotspot rocks establish ancient continental crust beneath Mauritius

A fragment of continental crust has been postulated to underlie the young plume-related lavas of the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius based on the recovery of Proterozoic zircons from basaltic beach sands. Here we document the first U–Pb zircon ages recovered directly from 5.7 Ma Mauritian trachytic...

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Autores principales: Ashwal, Lewis D., Wiedenbeck, Michael, Torsvik, Trond H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5290313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28140395
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14086

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5290313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28140395
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14086

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