Geology and age of the Glikson impact structure, Western Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 641-651

  MacDonald, F A ^a   Wingate, M T D ^b   Mitchell, K ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aeromagnetic anomalies; Baddeleyite; Boondawari Formation; Glikson; Impact structures; Kalkarindji Large Igneous Province; Mundadjini Formation; Officer Basin; Planar microstructures; Shatter cones; SHRIMP; Uranium lead dating

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CRATER; IMPACT STRUCTURE; SHATTER CONE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GLIKSON STRUCTURE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

EID: 27344457136     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090500170419     Document Type: Article

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