Archean crustal evolution in the northern Yilgarn Craton: U-Pb and Hf-isotope evidence from detrital zircons

Precambrian Research

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 231-282

  Griffin, W L ^a,b   Belousova, E A ^a   Shee, S R ^c   Pearson, N J ^a   O'Reilly, S Y ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c De Beers Group   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Archean crust; Crustal evolution; Hf isotopes; U Pb dating; Yilgarn Craton; Zircons

Indexed keywords

LEAD; URANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; HAFNIUM; MAGMATISM; PRECAMBRIAN; TECTONICS; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARCHAEAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MODEL; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; ROCK; SAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 2442435777     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2003.12.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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