Comment on "Zircon thermometer reveals minimum melting conditions on earliest Earth" I.
Watson and Harrison (Reports, 6 May 2005, p. 841) proposed a model for early Earth magmatism based on crystallization temperatures of Hadean zircons. However, detrital zircon populations are skewed relative to the composition of their source terrains, Archaean isotopic and geochemical mantle signatures preclude reincorporation of Hadean continental crust into the early mantle, and the effects of early impacts should be considered.
Glikson
Andrew
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Department of Marine and Earth Science, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. Andrew.glikson@anu.edu.au