4350-3130 Ma detrital zircons in the Southern Cross Granite-Greenstone Terrane, Western Australia: Implications for the early evolution of the Yilgarn Craton

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-45

  Wyche, S ^a   Nelson, D R ^a   Riganti, A ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaean; Geochronology; Greenstone; Quartzite; Southern Cross; Yilgarn Craton; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRATON; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; GREENSTONE BELT; SHRIMP DATING; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 1842832107     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1400-0952.2003.01042.x     Document Type: Article

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