The Wangkathaa Orogeny: An example of episodic regional 'D2' in the late Archaean Eastern Goldfields Province, Western Australia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 130, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 139-159

  Blewett, Richard S ^a   Cassidy, Kevin F ^a   Champion, David C ^a   Henson, Paul A ^a   Goleby, Bruce S ^a   Jones, Leonie ^a   Groenewald, P Bruce ^b  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaean; Deformation history; Eastern Goldfields Province; Episodic orogenesis; Yilgarn Craton

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; METALLOGENESIS; OROGENIC BELT; TECTONIC SETTING;

AUSTRALIA; CHRONOLOGY; COMPRESSION; GEOLOGICAL ERA; GEOLOGY; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REVIEW;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN GOLDFIELDS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 1542330916     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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