Evolution of an Archean Metamorphic Belt: A conventional and SHRIMP U-Pb study of accessory minerals from the Jimperding Metamorphic Belt, Yilgarn craton, West Australia

Journal of Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 695-711

  Bosch, Delphine ^a   Bruguier, Olivier ^a   Pidgeon, Robert T ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; METAMORPHIC BELT; P/T CONDITIONS; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, YILGARN BLOCK, JIMPERDING METAMORPHIC BELT;

EID: 0030427190     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/629863     Document Type: Article

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