Isotopic constraints on stratigraphy in the central and eastern Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 657-670

  Wyche, S ^a   Kirkland, C L ^a   Riganti, A ^a   Pawley, M J ^a   Belousova, E ^b   Wingate, M T D ^a,c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archean; Eastern Goldfields; geochronology; hafnium; model age; Southern Cross Domain; Yilgarn Craton; zircon

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LUTETIUM; MAGMA; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; STRATIGRAPHY; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 84864557184     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2012.697677     Document Type: Article

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