A geological traverse across the Jack Hills Metasedimentary Belt, Western Australia: Isotopic constraints on the distribution of proterozoic rocks and the evolution of Hadean Crust

dc.contributor.author	Wang, Qian
dc.contributor.supervisor	Prof. Simon Wilde
dc.contributor.supervisor	Prof. Birger Rusmussen
dc.date.accessioned	2017-01-30T10:19:45Z
dc.date.available	2017-01-30T10:19:45Z
dc.date.created	2015-09-18T06:21:40Z
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2275
dc.description.abstract	Samples of every rock type present along a traverse through the Jack Hills belt were examined and processed for zircon, monazite and xenotime isotopic study. Zircon U-Pb ages range from 1618±22 Ma to 4381±5 Ma, confirming the presence of both Archean and Proterozoic successions. Lutetium-Hf data for Hadean zircons imply a primitive source that was reworked with little juvenile input from the mantle. Monazite data confirm that the Archean rocks were metamorphosed at 2.65 Ga.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Curtin University
dc.title	A geological traverse across the Jack Hills Metasedimentary Belt, Western Australia: Isotopic constraints on the distribution of proterozoic rocks and the evolution of Hadean Crust
dc.type	Thesis
dcterms.educationLevel	PhD
curtin.department	Department of Applied Geology
curtin.accessStatus	Open access