Tectonic implications of Palaeoproterozoic post-collisional, high-K felsic igneous rocks from the Kimberley region of northwestern Australia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-23

  Griffin, T J ^a   Page, R W ^b   Sheppard, S ^a   Tyler, I M ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Felsic volcanics; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Granites; Halls Creek Orogen; Palaeoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; FELSIC ROCK; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; I TYPE ROCK; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; OROGENY; PORPHYRY; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANIC ROCK;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034083892     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(99)00084-4     Document Type: Article

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