SHRIMP U-Pb zircon age constraints on the Late Archaean tectonostratigraphic architecture of the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 5-33

  Kositcin, Natalie ^a   Brown, Stuart J A ^a   Barley, Mark E ^a   Krapež, Bryan ^a   Cassidy, Kevin F ^b   Champion, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaean; Eastern Goldfields; Geochronology; SHRIMP; Tectonics; Terranes

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TERRANE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BURTVILLE TERRANE; DUKETON TERRANE; KALGOORLIE TERRANE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YANDAL BELT; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 38349104223     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.06.018     Document Type: Article

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