The world turns over: Hadean–Archean crust–mantle evolution

The Lu–Hf and Sm–Nd isotopic composition of CHUR: Constraints from unequilibrated chondrites and implications for the bulk composition of terrestrial planets

Audrey Bouvier, Jeffrey D. Vervoort, P. Jonathan Patchett · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2008 · 3K citations

Bulk Composition, Planetary Body, Terrestrial Planet +3

Igneous zircon: trace element composition as an indicator of source rock type

William L. Griffin, Suzanne Y. O’Reilly, N. I. Fisher · Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology · 2002 · 2.5K citations

Source Rock Type, Engineering, Trace Element Geochemistry +10

Calibration of the Lutetium-Hafnium Clock

Erik E. Scherer, Carsten Münker, Klaus Mezger · Science · 2001 · 2.4K citations

Engineering, Measurement, Education +19

Evidence from detrital zircons for the existence of continental crust and oceans on the Earth 4.4 Gyr ago

Simon A. Wilde, John W. Valley, William H. Peck et al. · Nature · 2001 · 1.7K citations

Detrital Zircons, Marine Geology, Engineering +10

A Change in the Geodynamics of Continental Growth 3 Billion Years Ago

Bruno Dhuime, Chris J. Hawkesworth, Peter A. Cawood et al. · Science · 2012 · 875 citations

Engineering, Continental Tectonics, Tectonic Evolution +18