A high-resolution, calibrated airborne radiometric dataset applied to the estimation of crustal heat production in the Archaean northern Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 57-82

  Bodorkos, Simon ^a   Sandiford, Mike ^a   Minty, Brian R S ^b   Blewett, Richard S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaean; Gamma ray spectra; Granites; Heat flow; Pilbara Craton; Radioactive isotopes

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ARCHEAN; GRANITE; HEAT FLOW; HEAT FLUX; HEAT PRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALIBRATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; GRANITE; PROTEROZOIC; RADIOMETRY; THERMOGENESIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PILBARA BLOCK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 1142291704     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2003.08.008     Document Type: Article

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