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Detecting and assessing assimilation<br />

Isotopes are generally the best<br />

Continental crust becomes progressively enriched in<br />

87 Sr/ 86 Sr and depleted in 143 Nd/ 144 Nd<br />

Figure 9-13. 9<br />

Estimated<br />

Rb and Sr isotopic<br />

evolution <strong>of</strong> the Earth’s<br />

upper mantle, assuming<br />

a large-scale melting<br />

event producing<br />

granitic-type type continental<br />

rocks at 3.0 Ga b.p After<br />

Wilson (1989). Igneous<br />

Petrogenesis. Unwin<br />

Hyman/Kluwer<br />

Kluwer.

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