Giant iron-ore deposits of the Hamersley province related to the breakup of Paleoproterozoic Australia: New insights from in situ SHRIMP dating of baddeleyite from mafic intrusions

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 577-580

  Müller, Stefan G ^a   Krapež, Bryan ^a   Barley, Mark E ^a   Fletcher, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baddeleyite; Hamersley basin; Iron ores; Mafic rocks; Paleoproterozoic; SHRIMP; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

HIGH-GRADE HEMATITE; IRON-ORE DEPOSITS; IRON-ORE FORMATION; SENSITIVE HIGH-RESOLUTION ION MICROPROBE (SHRIMP);

ATMOSPHERICS; BASALT; DEPOSITS; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

IRON ORES;

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; IRON ORE; ORE DEPOSIT; PROTEROZOIC; SUPERCONTINENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; HAMERSLEY BASIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

PUNCTUM MINUTISSIMUM;

EID: 21944442917     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21482.1     Document Type: Article

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