[meteorite-list] Hadean Detrital Zircons – Impacts Not Plate Tectonics ?

From: Paul <etchplain_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 20:49:35 -0500
Message-ID: <572BF82F.7080602_at_att.net>

Origin of Earth's oldest crystals
Trinity College Dublin, April 28, 2016
http://www.sciencealert.com/there-s-a-new-theory-about-how-the-earth-s-oldest-crystals-were-formed
http://www.livescience.com/54648-oldest-crystals-formed-in-asteroid-craters.html
http://phys.org/news/2016-05-oldest-crystals-world.html

Kenny, G. G., M. J. Whitehouse, and B. S. Kamber, 2016,
Differentiated impact melt sheets may be a potential
source of Hadean detrital zircon. Geology. First published
online April 28, 2016, doi: 10.1130/G37898.1
http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/early/2016/04/27/G37898.1

Kenny, G. G., M. J. Whitehouse, and B. S. Kamber, 2016,
Differentiated impact melt sheets may be a potential
Source of Hadean detrital zircon population. 47th
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016).
http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2016/pdf/2473.pdf

Yours,

Paul H.
Received on Thu 05 May 2016 09:49:35 PM PDT