Microchemistry and microstructures of hydrothermally altered shock-metamorphosed basement gneiss, Woodleigh impact structure, Southern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 555-573

  Glikson, Andrew Y ^a   Eggins, S ^a   Golding, S D ^b   Haines, P W ^c   Iasky, R P ^c   Mernagh, T P ^d   Mory, A J ^c   Pirajno, F ^c   Uysal, I T ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Hydrothermal alteration; Impact structure; Planar deformation features; Shock metamorphism; Woodleigh

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; SHOCK METAMORPHISM;

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

LAMIINAE;

EID: 27344434265     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090500170336     Document Type: Article

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