Australia through time: A summary of its tectonic and metallogenic evolution

Episodes

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-43

  Huston, David L ^a   Blewett, Richard S ^a   Champion, David C ^a  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GONDWANA; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; METALLOGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AMASYA; AUSTRALIA; NORTH AUSTRALIAN CRATON; PILBARA BLOCK; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TURKEY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 84879417465     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2012/v35i1/004     Document Type: Article

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