Detrital zircon from the Jack Hills and Mount Narryer, Western Australia: Evidence for diverse >4.0 Ga source rocks

Journal of Geology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-263

  Crowley, James L ^a   Myers, John S ^a,b   Sylvester, Paul J ^a,b   Cox, Richard A ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DIFFERENTIATION; PROVENANCE; ZIRCON;

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

EID: 20444444581     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/428804     Document Type: Article

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