Extensional emplacement of a high-grade granite gneiss complex into low-grade greenstones, Eastern Goldfields, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 83, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 203-219

  Swager, C P ^a,b   Nelson, D R ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b North Ltd Exploration Division   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gneiss complex; Granite greenstones; Late Archaean; Tectonics; Yilgarn Craton

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; GRANITE GNEISS; GREENSTONE; TECTONICS;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, YILGARN CRATON, EASTERN GOLDFIELDS;

EID: 0031464243     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-9268(97)00010-7     Document Type: Article

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