Field evidence of Eros-scale asteroids and impact-forcing of Precambrian geodynamic episodes, Kaapvaal (South Africa) and Pilbara (Western Australia) Cratons

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 267, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 558-570

  Glikson, Andrew Y ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaean; asteroid; crustal evolution; early Proterozoic; impact; microkrystites

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC BOUNDARY; OCEANIC VOLCANIC ACTIVITY;

LITHOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

ASTEROIDS;

ARCHEAN; ASTEROID; COMET; EARTH SCIENCE; GEODYNAMICS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; UNCONFORMITY;

AFRICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; KAAPVAAL CRATON; PILBARA BLOCK; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 39549097107     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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