Late Archaean synorogenic basins of the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. Part I. Kalgoorlie and Gindalbie Terranes

Precambrian Research

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 135-153

  Krapež, Bryan ^a   Barley, Mark E ^a   Brown, Stuart J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaean; Eastern Goldfields; Lithofacies; Sedimentology; Syncollisional basins

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; ARCHEAN; BASIN; BASIN EVOLUTION; DEFORMATION; EROSION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GREENSCHIST FACIES; LITHOFACIES; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TERRANE; UPLIFT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN GOLDFIELDS; GINDALBIE TERRANE; KALGOORLIE TERRANE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 38349158036     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.06.016     Document Type: Article

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