Structural controls of bedded iron ore in the Hamersley Province, Western Australia - An example from the Paraburdoo Ranges

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Applied Earth Science

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 139-145

  Dalstra, Hilke J ^a  

^a Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

4East; 4West; Channar; Hematite; Normal faults; Tectonic reconstruction

Indexed keywords

IRON DEPOSITS; MINERALOGY; ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

HEMATITE; NORMAL FAULTS; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

IRON ORES;

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; HEMATITE; IRON ORE; NORMAL FAULT; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PILBARA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33846429686     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174327506X138959     Document Type: Conference Paper

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