Late Archaean deep-marine volcaniclastic sedimentation in an arc-related basin: The Kalgoorlie Sequence of the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 89-113

  Krapež, Bryan ^a   Hand, Jason L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaean; Black Flag; Eastern Goldfields; Intra arc; Turbidites; Volcaniclastic

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; MAGMATISM; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEDIMENTATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRANE; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN GOLDFIELDS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 38349166914     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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