Proterozoic volcanism in the Jack Hills Belt, Western Australia: Some implications and consequences for the World's oldest zircon population

Precambrian Research

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-24

  Wilde, Simon A ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Jack Hills; Proterozoic; SHRIMP U Pb Geochronology; Volcanic rocks; Yilgarn craton

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SHRIMP DATING; SOURCE ROCK; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALIA; JACK HILLS; NARRYER TERRANE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 78049319780     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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