SHRIMP U-Pb depositional age for the lower Hardey Formation: Evidence for diachronous deposition of the lower Fortescue Group in the southern Pilbara region, Western Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 403-410

  Hall, Charlotte E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diachronous; Fortescue Group; Geochronology; Hardey Formation; SHRIMP; Uranium lead dating; Western Australia; Zircon

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; SILTSTONE;

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

EID: 24144448034     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090500134506     Document Type: Article

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