Structural-event framework for the eastern Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, and its implications for orogenic gold

Precambrian Research

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-229

  Blewett, R S ^a   Czarnota, K ^a   Henson, P A ^a  

^a Pmd CRC   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaean tectonics; Deformation; Eastern Yilgarn Craton; Gold mineralisation; Structural geology

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEODYNAMICS; GOLD; KINEMATICS; MINERALIZATION; PALEOSTRESS; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SHEAR ZONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 78449279878     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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