Tensile and compressive growth structures: Relationships between sedimentation, deformation and granite intrusion in the Archaean Coppin Gap greenstone belt, Eastern Pilbara, Western Australia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 277-302

  Nijman, Wouter ^a   Willigers, Bart J A ^a   Krikke, Albert ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Archaean; Greenstone belt; Growth structures; Pilbara, Western Australia; Sedimentation and tectonics

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; DEFORMATION; GREENSTONE BELT; TECTONICS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033553317     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(99)00013-3     Document Type: Article

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