Structural evolution of the middle Archean coastal Pilbara terrane, Western Australia

Tectonics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 8-1-8-24

  Kiyokawa, Shoichi ^a   Taira, Asahiko ^b,c   Byrne, Tim ^d   Bowring, Sam ^e   Sano, Yuji ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Granite greenstone terrane; Immature oceanic island arc; Middle Archean; Strike slip fault; Thrust

Indexed keywords

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; GREENSTONE BELT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AUSTRALIA; PILBARA CRATON; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036823409     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001TC001296     Document Type: Article

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