Jack Hills (Yilgarn, Western Australia)

Wilde, Simon

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Wilde, Simon

Date

2011

Type

Book Chapter

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Citation

Wilde, S. 2011. Jack Hills (Yilgarn, Western Australia). In Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, ed. Muriel Gargaud, 875-878. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.

Source Title

Encyclopedia of Astrobiology

ISBN

9783642112744

School

Department of Applied Geology

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49651

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

Jack Hills is the name of a low range of hills located in the Murchison District of Western Australia, approximately 800 km north of Perth. Since 1986, the area has been internationally known as the site of the world’s oldest minerals. These are detrital zircon grains up to 4,404 Ma old.