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In a statistical study of granulite facies rocks, we have analysed 32 samples with ages ranging from 2,900 to 200 Myr for Sm, Nd, Rb and Sr and 143Nd/144Nd and 87Sr/86Sr ratios. The Sm/Nd ratio is found to be constant compared with the highly variable Rb/Sr ratio. Using the model age formalism, we show that, in many cases internal differentiation of continental crust follows external differentiation with a large time interval.
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Othman, D., Polvé, M. & Allègre, C. Nd—Sr isotopic composition of granulites and constraints on the evolution of the lower continental crust. Nature 307, 510–515 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1038/307510a0
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