The North Pole Dome: A non-diapiric dome in the Archaean Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 105-120

  Blewett, R S ^a   Shevchenko, S ^b   Bell, B ^a  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaean; Diapir; Fold interference; Geophysical modelling; Pilbara

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; COMPRESSION; DOME; FOLDING; IGNEOUS INTRUSION;

ARCHAEAN; AUSTRALIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; GEOMETRY; GRANITE; GRAVITY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; REVIEW; ROCK; STRATIGRAPHY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PILBARA BLOCK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 3042640320     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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