Oxygen isotope ratios and rare earth elements in 3.3 to 4.4 Ga zircons: Ion microprobe evidence for high δ 18 O continental crust and oceans in the Early Archean

@article{Peck2001OxygenIR,
  title={Oxygen isotope ratios and rare earth elements in 3.3 to 4.4 Ga zircons: Ion microprobe evidence for high $\delta$ 18 O continental crust and oceans in the Early Archean},
  author={William H. Peck and John W. Valley and Simon A. Wilde and Colin M. Graham},
  journal={Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta},
  year={2001},
  volume={65},
  pages={4215-4229}
}
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