Ion microprobe baddeleyite and zircon ages for Late Archaean mafic dykes of the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 493-500

  Wingate, M T D ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaean; Baddeleyite; Dolerite; Dyke; Pilbara Craton; Radiometric dating; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BADDELEYITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAFIC ROCK; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033177918     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.1999.00726.x     Document Type: Article

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