Crustal evolution, intra-cratonic architecture and the metallogeny of an Archaean craton

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 393, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-80

  Mole, D R ^a,f   Fiorentini, M L ^a   Cassidy, K F ^a   Kirkland, C L ^b   Thebaud, N ^a   Mccuaig, T C ^a   Doublier, M P ^b   Duuring, P ^a   Romano, S S ^b   Maas, R ^c   Belousova, E A ^d   Barnes, S J ^e   Miller, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRATON; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GOLD; HOST ROCK; IRON; KOMATIITE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE SOURCE; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL; ORE DEPOSIT;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 84921355157     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP393.8     Document Type: Article

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