Magnetic characteristics of the hiltaba suite granitoids and volcanics: Late devonian overprinting and related thermal history of the gawler craton

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 361-374

  Schmidt, P W ^a   Clark, D A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alice springs orogeny; Fission track dating; Gawler range volcanics; Hiltaba suite granitoids; Paleomagnetism; South australia

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CRATON; DEVONIAN; FISSION TRACK DATING; FOLDING; GRANITOID; HEMATITE; ILMENITE; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETITE; MAGNETIZATION; OROGENY; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; TITANOMAGNETITE;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79957851385     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2010.549239     Document Type: Article

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