Structural evolution of the Warrawoona Greenstone Belt and adjoining granitoid complexes, Pilbara Craton, Australia: Implications for archaean tectonic processes

Precambrian Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 107-147

  Kloppenburg, A ^a,b   White, S H ^a   Zegers, T E ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Osbourne House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaean; Compression; Core complex; Diapirism; Extension; Pilbara Craton; Strike slip; Structural analyses

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; DIAPIRISM; GRANITOID; GREENSTONE BELT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ARCHAEAN; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; COMPRESSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGICAL ERA; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0035891969     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(01)00172-3     Document Type: Article

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