Timing and genesis of Hamersley iron-ore deposits

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 631-636

  Li, Z X ^a   McPowell, C A ^a   Bowman, R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Banded iron formations; Hamersley Basin; Iron ores; Orogenic fluids; Palaeomagnetism; Palaeoproterozoic; Paraburdoo; Tom Price

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009396521     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: 18347533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG993631     Document Type: Article

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