Research Catalog

Title

Symposium on Archaean Rocksheld at Perth, 23-26 May 1970 / editor, J.E. Glover.

Author

Symposium on Archaean Rocks (1970 : Perth, W.A.)

Publication

Canberra : Geological Society of Australia, 1971.

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Additional Authors

Glover, J. E.

Description

469 pages : illustrations, diagrams, graphs, maps, tables; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Geological Society of Australia. Special publication ; no. 3

Uniform Title

Special publication (Geological Society of Australia) ; no. 3.

Subjects

• Geology, Stratigraphic
• Geology
• Geology, Stratigraphic > Archaean > Congresses
• From 2 to 5 billion years ago
• Australia
• Archaean Geologic Period
• Geology > Australia > Congresses
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Géologie > Australie > Congrès

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Some developments in the crust / John Sutton -- The Archaean geochronology of Australia / P.A. Arriens -- Ages of granitic rocks in the Poona-Dalgaranga area of the Yilgarn block, Western Australia / P.C. Muhling & J.R. de Laeter -- The evolution of Archaean low- and high-grade terrains / Brian F. Windley & David Bridgwater -- Composition of greenstones and the hypothesis of sea-floor spreading in the Archaean / A.J.R. White, P. Jakes, & D.M. Christie -- Cyclic volcanicity and sedimentation in the evolutionary development of Archaean greenstone belts of shield areas / C.R. Anhaeusser -- Abstracts. The Proterozoic-Archaean time boundary / Kalervo Rankama. The structural and metamorphic evolution of the Euriowie Block, Barrier Ranges, N.S.W. / B. Marshall & K.D. Tuckwell. Rubidium-strontium geochronology in the Kalgoorlie region / A. Turek & W. Compston. Comparative Pb-Pb, U-Pb, Rb-Sr and K-Ar geochronology of the Slave Province, N.W.T., Canada / D.C. Green. Evaluation of rubidium-strontium method for dating Precambrian sediments and sedimentary rock / E. Julius Dasch -- Original nature of Archaean rocks of north-west Scotland / D.R. Bowes, B.C. Barooah, & S.G. Khoury -- Possible Archaean rocks of the Kimberley region, Western Australia / D.C. Gellatly -- The Barberton Mountain Land, South Africa -- a guide to the understanding of the Archaean geology of Western Australia / C.R. Anhaeusser -- Structure and metamorphism of the Kalgoorlie system southwest of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia / A.Y. Glikson -- The geological and geochemical evolution of the Onverwacht volcanic group of the Barberton Mountain Land, South Africa / R.P. Viljoen & M.J. Viljoen -- Abstracts. Geochemistry of the Archaean basalt-dolerite association in the Coolgardie-Norseman area, Western Australia / J.A. Hallberg. The acid volcanic rocks of the Marda area, Yilgarn goldfield, Western Australia / S.M. Bye. A regional synthesis of the Archaean geology of the Eastern goldfields, Western Australia / I.R. Williams. Archaean of northern Australia / P.R. Dunn. The Barberton granite-greenstone model as an aid to the geological interpretation of part of the West Australian shield / M.J. Viljoen & R.P. Viljoen. Archaean successions in Western Australia, South Africa and Canada -- a comparison / A.Y. Glikson -- Metallogenic patterns and evolution of the Canadian shield / A.M. Goodwin -- The geology of the Kalgoorlie goldfield / G.A. Travis, R. Woodall, & G.D. Bartram -- Wall-rock alteration associated with auriferous lodes in the Golden Mile, Kalgoorlie / G.D. Bartram & G.J.H. McCall -- Archaean nickel sulphide deposits in Canada : their classification, geological setting and genesis with some suggestions as to exploration / A.J. Naldrett & E.L. Gasparrini -- Unit regional value of non-renewable natural resources as a measure of potential for development of large regions / John C. Griffiths & D.A. Singer -- Authigenic, polygenic, and allogenic ultramafic and gabbroic rocks as hosts for magmatic ore deposits / T.P. Thayer -- Abstracts. The case for liquid immiscibility as a mechanism for nickel sulphide mineralisation in the Eastern goldfields, Western Australia / R.W. Nesbitt. Some features of the Precambrian geology and mineral deposits of Australia and Canada / P.W. Crohn. Archaean platform metallogenetic provinces / H.D.B. Wilson. World economic significance of Archaean rocks / L.J. Miller. Sudbury : the ores, the irruptive and the meteorite impact theory / J.V. Guy Bray. The Western Australian nickel deposits / R.S.H. Fardon -- Determination of primary mineralogy and textures in ultramafic rocks from Mt. Monger, Western Australia / D.A.C. Williams -- Some ultramafic rocks of the Spargoville area, Western Australia / W. Hancock [and others] -- Clues to the origin of Archaean eugeosynclinal peridotites and the nature of serpentinisation / G.J.H. McCall & J. Leishman -- Some comments on the processes of serpentinisation from experimental and other work / B. Martin -- A petrological study of serpentinous rocks associated with nickel sulphide mineralisation at Pioneer, Western Australia / R.L. Oliver & M. Ward -- Local and regional trends of serpentinisation and metaserpentinisation in the Coolac-Goobarragandra ultramafic mass, New South Wales / H.G. Golding -- Skeletal crystal forms in the ultramafic rocks of the Yilgarn block, Western Australia : evidence for an Archaean ultramafic liquid / R.W. Nesbitt -- Deformational concepts in relation to some ultramafic rocks in Western Australia / E.S.T. O'Driscoll -- Correlation by tectonic sequence in Precambrian gneiss terrains / A.M. Hopgood -- Summary of the tectonic development of the Rhodesian Archaean craton / C.W. Stowe -- Abstract. The Archaean and Auatralian tectonics / K.A. Plumb -- The use of oxygen isotopes for geothermometry of Proterozoic and Archaean granulites / Allan F. Wilson & D.C. Green -- Some geochemical aspects of the sapphirine-bearing pyroxenites and related highly metamorphosed rocks from the Archaean ultramafic belt of South Quairading, Western Australia / Allan F. Wilson -- Organic matter in Archaean rocks / J.D. Brooks -- The composition and evolution of the deep continental crust / I.B. Lambert -- Some ultrabasic and basic igneous rock occurrences in the Archaean of Western Australia / G.J.H. McCall -- Archaean geosynclinal sedimentation near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia / Abstracts. Retextured sediments/ John Elliston. Regional gravity anomalies of southwestern Australia / I.B. Everingham & A.R. Fraser.

ISBN

• 0909869014
• 9780909869014

LCCN

73151899

OCLC

• 8863925
• ocm08863925
• SCSB-9013390

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