Tectono-stratigraphy of late Archaean greenstone terranes in the southern Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 83, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 11-42

  Swager, C P ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Greenstone terranes; Late Archaean; Tectonics; Yilgarn Craton

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; GREENSTONE; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TERRANE;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, EASTERN GOLDFIELDS;

EID: 0031438950     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-9268(97)00003-x     Document Type: Article

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