Proterozoic cooling and exhumation of the northern central Halls Creek Orogen, Western Australia: Constraints from a reconnaissance 40Ar/39Ar study

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 591-609

  Bodorkos, S ^a   Reddy, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Argon argon dating; Cooling rate; Halls Creek Orogen; Palaeoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; COOLING; EXHUMATION; METAMORPHISM; OROGENIC BELT; PROTEROZOIC;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

EID: 8344250262     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1400-0952.2004.01077.x     Document Type: Article

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