Timing and tectonic significance of Late Archaean, sinistral strike-slip deformation in the Central Pilbara Structural Corridor, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 88, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 207-232

  Van Kranendonk, Martin J ^a,b   Collins, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ca. 2950 Ma; Pilbara Craton; Sinistral transpression

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; DEFORMATION; TECTONICS; TRANSPRESSION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031853087     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-9268(97)00069-7     Document Type: Article

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