Archaean crust near Broken Hill?

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 687-694

  Nutman, A P ^a   Ehlers, K ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaean; Broken Hill; Radiometric dating; Rodinia; Zircons.

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS;

AUSTRALIA; BROKEN HILL; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0032194759     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099808728426     Document Type: Article

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