Rapidity of orogenesis in the Paleoproterozoic Halls Creek Orogen, northern Australia: Evidence from SHRIMP zircon data, CL zircon images, and mixture modeling studies

American Journal of Science

Volumn 300, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 60-82

  Bodorkos, Simon ^a   Cawood, Peter A ^a   Oliver, Nicholas H S ^b   Nemchin, Alexander A ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0034416784     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/ajs.300.1.60     Document Type: Article

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