Age and palaeomagnetism of the Mundine Well dyke swarm, Western Australia: Implications for an Australia-Laurentia connection at 755 Ma

Precambrian Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 335-357

  Wingate, Michael T D ^a   Giddings, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Baddeleyite; Dyke; Neoproterozoic; Palaeomagnetism; Rodinia; Zircon

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DIKE SWARM; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034096085     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(99)00080-7     Document Type: Article

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