The Jack Hills greenstone belt, Western Australia. Part 2: Lithological relationships and implications for the deposition of ≥4.0 Ga detrital zircons

Precambrian Research

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 261-286

  Spaggiari, Catherine V ^a   Pidgeon, Robert T ^a   Wilde, Simon A ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ancient zircons; Greenstones; Jack Hills; Lithological associations; Narryer Terrane; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

CLASTIC ROCK; DEFORMATION; FAULTING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GRANITE; GREENSTONE BELT; LITHOLOGY; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SHEAR ZONE; TRANSPRESSION; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; JACK HILLS; NARRYER TERRANE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 34247624100     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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