Basement framework and geodynamic evolution of the Palaeoproterozoic superbasins of north-central Australia: An integrated review of geochemical, geochronological and geophysical data

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 341-380

  Scott, D L ^a   Rawlings, D J ^a   Page, R W ^b   Tarlowski, C Z ^b   Idnurm, M ^a   Jackson, M J ^b   Southgate, P N ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cratonic basins; Crustal evolution; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Palaeoproterozoic; Plate tectonics

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; BASIN EVOLUTION; GEODYNAMICS; PLATE TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033911557     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2000.00793.x     Document Type: Review

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