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dc.contributor.authorWilde, Simon
dc.contributor.editorMuriel Gargaud
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-15T22:06:29Z
dc.date.available2017-03-15T22:06:29Z
dc.date.created2017-02-24T00:09:19Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationWilde, S. 2011. Jack Hills (Yilgarn, Western Australia). In Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, ed. Muriel Gargaud, 875-878. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49651
dc.description.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.

dc.publisherSpringer-Verlag
dc.subjectHadean
dc.subjectContinental crust
dc.subjectWestern Australia
dc.subjectoceans
dc.subjectzircon
dc.subjectNeoarchean
dc.titleJack Hills (Yilgarn, Western Australia)
dc.typeBook Chapter
dcterms.source.startPage875
dcterms.source.endPage878
dcterms.source.titleEncyclopedia of Astrobiology
dcterms.source.isbn9783642112744
dcterms.source.placeHeidelberg
dcterms.source.chapter26
curtin.departmentDepartment of Applied Geology
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