Tectonic settings of Archaean (3325-2775 Ma) crustal-supracrustal belts in the West Pilbara Block

Precambrian Research

Volumn 88, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 173-205

  Krapez, B ^a   Eisenlohr, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaeal; Greenstone Belts; Pilbara Block; Sequence stratigraphy; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; GREENSTONE BELT; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031826163     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-9268(97)00068-5     Document Type: Article

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