Age of the Mt Boggola volcanic succession and further geochronological constraint on the Ashburton Basin, Western Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 967-974

  Sircombe, K N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ashburton Basin; Geochronology; Mt Boggola; SHRIMP; Uranium lead dating; Zircon

Indexed keywords

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

ASHBURTON BASIN; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0348195632     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1400-0952.2003.01037.x     Document Type: Article

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