Supplementary material to “Zircon Age Episodicity and Growth of Continental Crust”
Published 13 October 2009
Kent C. Condie and Richard C. Aster, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro
Citation:
Condie, K. C., and R. C. Aster (2009), Zircon age episodicity and growth of continental crust, Eos Trans. AGU, 90(41), 364. [Full Article (pdf)]
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