Archaean tectonic processes: A case for horizontal shortening in the North Pilbara Granite-Greenstone Terrane, Western Australia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 87-120

  Blewett, Richard S ^a  

^a Minerals Division   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaean; Deformation events; Diapirism; Granite greenstone terrane (GGT); Pilbara Craton; Structural geology

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; OVERPRINTING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOLOGY; PRECAMBRIAN;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0037006105     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(01)00204-2     Document Type: Article

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