The Jack Hills greenstone belt, Western Australia. Part 1: Structural and tectonic evolution over >1.5 Ga

Precambrian Research

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 204-228

  Spaggiari, Catherine V ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capricorn Orogeny; Jack Hills; Narryer terrane; Transpression; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

CRATON; FAULTING; FOLIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GREENSTONE BELT; KINEMATICS; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST FAULT; TRANSPRESSION;

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

EID: 34247644404     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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