Ages of internal granitoids in the Southern Cross region, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, and their crustal evolution and tectonic implications

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 971-981

  Qiu, Y M ^a,b   McNaughton, N J ^a   Groves, D I ^a   Dalstra, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Sino Mining Australia (Beijing) Pty   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal evolution; Ghooli Dome; Granitoids; Radiometric dating; Tectonics; Yilgarn Craton

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033493406     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.1999.00758.x     Document Type: Article

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