Crustal structure of granite-greenstone terranes in the Eastern Goldfields, Yilgarn Craton, as revealed by seismic reflection profiling

Precambrian Research

Volumn 83, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 43-56

  Swager, C P ^a,b   Goleby, B R ^c   Drummond, B J ^c   Rattenbury, M S ^c,d   Williams, P R ^c,e  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b North Ltd Exploration Division   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^d GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^e Etheridge Henley Williams   (Australia)

Author keywords

Granite greenstones; Late Archaean; Seismic reflection profile; Yilgarn Craton

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GRANITE; GREENSTONE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TERRANE;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, EASTERN GOLDFIELDS;

EID: 0031465989     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-9268(97)00004-1     Document Type: Article

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