Provenance and tectonic development of the late Archaean Gawler Craton, Australia; U-Pb zircon, geochemical and Sm-Nd isotopic implications

Precambrian Research

Volumn 141, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 106-136

  Swain, Greg ^a   Woodhouse, A ^b   Hand, M ^a   Barovich, K ^a   Schwarz, M ^b   Fanning, C M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Government of South Australia   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gawler Craton; Geochemistry; Late Archaean; SHRIMP U Pb zircon; Sm Nd

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BASIN EVOLUTION; CONVERGENT MARGIN; MAGMATISM; SUPERCONTINENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GAWLER CRATON; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

EID: 27344439107     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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