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Science 2 January 2009:
Vol. 323. no. 5910, pp. 49 - 50
DOI: 10.1126/science.1168549
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Perspectives

GEOCHEMISTRY:
A Matter of Preservation

Chris Hawkesworth,1 Peter Cawood,2 Tony Kemp,3 Craig Storey,1 Bruno Dhuime1

Differences in the preservation potential of crustal rocks may explain peaks in crustal ages previously attributed to enhanced crust formation.

1Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK. E-mail: c.j.hawkesworth{at}bristol.ac.uk

2School of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.

3School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia.

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S. M. Reddy and D. A. D. Evans (2009)
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