U-Pb ages on titanite and apatite from the Darling Range granite: Implications for Late Archaean history of the southwestern Yilgarn Craton

Precambrian Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 125-139

  Nemchin, A A ^a   Pidgeon, R T ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apatite; Granites; Titanite; U Pb age; Yilgarn Craton

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GRANITE; TITANITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033563918     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(99)00007-8     Document Type: Article

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