Alunite alteration of tuffaceous layers and zircon dating, Upper Permian Kennedy Group, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-203

  Lever, H ^a   Fanning, C M ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alunite; Carnarvon Basin; Kennedy Group; Permian; Western Australia; Zircon dating

Indexed keywords

ALUNITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PERMIAN; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; TUFF; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANIC ROCK; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CARNARVON BASIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 3042815552     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0952.2004.01050.x     Document Type: Article

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