Revised geochronology of magmatism in the western Capricorn Orogen at 1805-1785 Ma: Diachroneity of the Pilbara-Yilgarn collision

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 853-864

  Evans, D A D ^a   Sircombe, K N ^b   Wingate, M T D ^b   Doyle, M ^c   McCarthy, M ^d   Pidgeon, R T ^d   Van Niekerk, H S ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ashburton Trough; Capricorn Orogen; Geochronology; Palaeoproterozoic; SHRIMP; Uranium lead dating

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGMATISM; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANIC ROCK;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PILBARA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 0347709952     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1400-0952.2003.01031.x     Document Type: Article

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