Zirconology of the Meeberrie gneiss, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: An early Archaean migmatite

Precambrian Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 165-178

  Kinny, Peter D ^a,b   Nutman, Allen P ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; ISOTOPIC SYSTEMATICS; MEEBERRIE GNEISS; MIGMATITE; URANIUM/LEAD; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, YILGARN CRATON;

EID: 0029775357     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-9268(95)00076-3     Document Type: Article

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