Sedimentary geology of the Palaeoarchaean Buck Ridge (South Africa) and Kittys Gap (Western Australia) volcano-sedimentary complexes

Precambrian Research

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 749-769

  de Vries, Sjoukje T ^a   Nijman, Wouter ^a   de Boer, Poppe L ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Archaean sedimentary basins; Archean sedimentology; Barberton Greenstone Belt; Chert; Coppin gap greenstone belt; East pilbara granite greenstone terrane

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BRECCIA; CHERT; DIAGENESIS; GREENSTONE BELT; NORMAL FAULT; REGRESSION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICIFICATION; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TERRANE; TRANSGRESSION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

AUSTRALIA; BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT; COPPIN GAP BELT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 78649443469     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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