Paraburdoo spherule layer (Hamersley Basin, Western Australia): Distal ejecta from a fourth large impact near the Archean-Proterozoic boundary

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 307-310

  Hassler, Scott W ^a,b   Simonson, Bruce M ^b   Sumner, Dawn Y ^c   Bodin, Louis ^b  

^a JOHN F KENNEDY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN-PROTEROZOIC BOUNDARY; HAMERSLEY BASIN; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH RESOLUTION; K-FELDSPAR; RAPID COOLING; SOUTH AFRICA; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

GALLIUM; LEAD; MICA; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY;

FELDSPAR;

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITION; EJECTA; FELDSPAR; FERROMANGANESE DEPOSIT; IMPACT; MAFIC ROCK; PLAGIOCLASE; PROTEROZOIC; SPHERULE; STRATIGRAPHIC BOUNDARY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

AUSTRALIA; GRIQUALAND WEST BASIN; HAMERSLEY BASIN; NORTHERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

SPHERULES;

EID: 79954626809     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31526.1     Document Type: Article

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