Fracture systems in granite pavements of the eastern Pilbara Craton, Western Australia: Indicators of neotectonic activity?

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 831-846

  Clark, Dan J ^a   Bodorkos, S ^b,c  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fracture systems; Granite; Neotectonics; Pilbara; Stress

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE NETWORK; GRANITE; NEOTECTONICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

ARCHAEA; PILBARA;

EID: 15744368591     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1400-0952.2004.01088.x     Document Type: Article

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