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Rb–Sr mantle isochrons and variations in the chemistry of Gondwanaland's lithosphere

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Isotopic data for the Mesozoic tholeiites of Gondwanaland are used to evaluate theories explaining the chemistry of mantle-derived rocks; a crustal contamination hypothesis is discarded. These findings may contribute towards an understanding of crust–mantle evolution.

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  1. Departement de Géologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, PQ, Canada

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  2. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Inst. of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139

    S. R. Hart

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Brooks, C., Hart, S. Rb–Sr mantle isochrons and variations in the chemistry of Gondwanaland's lithosphere. Nature 271, 220–223 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/271220a0

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