Hf isotopic fingerprinting of geodynamic settings: Integrating isotopes and numerical models

Hf isotopes have proven invaluable in understanding the evolution of Earth's crust-mantle system, but their use in reconstructing tectonic environments, in many cases, remains equivocal. In this study, we introduce a new approach to predict the Hf isotopic evolutionary pattern for rifting and collision based on the integration of numerical models and 176Hf/177Hf isotopes. The geodynamic numerical models allow us to estimate the proportion of...