New xenotime ages obtained from the Paleoproterozoic Kimberley Group, NW Australia: Implications for regional hydrothermal events

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-133

  Lan, Z W ^a,b   Chen, Z Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

hydrothermal; Kimberley; Kimberley Group; King Leopold Sandstone; northwestern Australia; Paleoproterozoic; xenotime

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DIABASE; DIKE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; PROTEROZOIC; SANDSTONE; SHRIMP DATING; XENOTIME; ZIRCON;

ALICE SPRINGS; AUSTRALIA; KIMBERLEY [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; NORTHERN TERRITORY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84863172989     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2012.617781     Document Type: Article

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