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Isotopic modification of the continental crust: implications for the use of isotope tracers in granite petrogenesis

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High-temperature Metamorphism and Crustal Anatexis

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The use of isotope systematics in the study of igneous and metamorphic processes has revolutionized our understanding of the geochemical evolution of the Earth. This technique has been particularly important in studies of crustal magmatism, and has permitted the identification of granitoid source regions and the evaluation of magmatic mixing process (e. g. O’Neil & Chappell 1977, Taylor & Silver 1978, Allègre & Ben Othman 1980, Farmer & DePaolo 1983, Fleck & Criss 1985, Taylor 1980, DePaolo 1981, Vitrac-Michard et al. 1980). More recently, these studies have been expanded to include metamorphic processes and fluid (in addition to magma) transport at all levels in the crust.

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Wickham, S.M. (1990). Isotopic modification of the continental crust: implications for the use of isotope tracers in granite petrogenesis. In: Ashworth, J.R., Brown, M. (eds) High-temperature Metamorphism and Crustal Anatexis. The Mineralogical Society Series, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-3929-6_6

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