Isotopic dating of an Archean bolide impact horizon, Hamersley basin, Western Australia

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-50

  Woodhead, Jon D ^a   Hergt, Janet M ^a   Simonson, Bruce M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CARBONATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY; ZIRCON;

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; GEOLOGIC FIELDS; HAMERSLEY BASIN; IMPACT EJECTA; ISOTOPIC DATING; MATRIX COMPONENTS; SHALLOWER WATER; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

LEAD ALLOYS;

ARCHEAN; BOLIDE; CARBONATE; IMPACT STRUCTURE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEAD-LEAD DATING; STRATIGRAPHY; BOLIDE IMPACT; IMPACT HORIZON; LEAD/LEAD DATING; MARKER BED; SPHERULE;

AUSTRALIA; HAMERSLEY BASIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031972391     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0047:IDOAAB>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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