The Yilgarn Craton is a large craton that constitutes a major part of the Western Australian land mass. It is bounded by a mixture of sedimentary basins...
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is the eroded remnant of an impact crater, situated in the northern Yilgarn Craton near Yarrabubba Station between the towns of Sandstone and Meekatharra...
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increased inland conditions. Many cratons have had subdued topographies since Precambrian times. For example, the Yilgarn Craton of Western Australia was flattish...
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Baltic/Fennoscandian Shield, traces its origins back to over 3.1 Ga. The Yilgarn Craton (present-day Western Australia) contains zircon crystals in its crust...
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sometime after 2.45–2.1 Ga into the proto-continent cratons called Laurentia, Baltica, Yilgarn craton and Kalahari. The supercontinent Columbia, or Nuna...
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1938. The bedrock at the site is weathered Archaean granite of the Yilgarn Craton. The discovery of fragments of mesosiderite stony-iron meteorite around...
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Western Australia Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia (4.4 Ga) Canadian Shield (or Laurentian Shield) Churchill Craton Hearne Craton Nain Craton (part of North...
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northwestern margin of the Yilgarn Craton. Between approximately 2000–1800 Ma, on the northern margin of the Yilgarn Craton, the c. 2000 Ma Narracoota...
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and on Wessel Islands, including Elcho and Milingimbi Islands. In the Yilgarn Craton of Western Australia, a Proterozoic 200-kilometre (120 mi) long dolerite...
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Narryer Gneiss Terrane is adjacent to the northernmost margin of the Yilgarn Craton and is abutted on the north by the Gascoyne Complex metasedimentary...
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Pilbara Craton. Archaea Australian Shield Centralian Superbasin Gawler Craton Geology of Australia Ore genesis Perth Basin Western Plateau Yilgarn Craton Hickman...
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and metamorphosed rocks between two Archean cratons; the Pilbara craton to the north and the Yilgarn craton to the south. The Gascoyne Complex is thought...
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Australia, following the collision of the Pilbara Craton and the Glenburgh Terrane with the Yilgarn Craton during the Glenburgh orogeny. Spanning one billion...
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lithosphere located in Pilbara, Western Australia Singhbhum Craton (India) Yilgarn Craton – Large craton in Western Australia Australian Shield, also known as...
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Vaalbara (redirect from Grunehogna Craton)
Kalahari and West Australian (Yilgarn and Pilbara) cratons around 1.95–1.8 Ga. The Archaean–Palaeoproterozoic Grunehogna Craton in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica...
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The Dharwar Craton is an Archean continental crust craton formed between 3.6-2.5 billion years ago (Ga), which is located in southern India and considered...
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Australia. It is a major geological boundary separating the Archaean Yilgarn Craton in the east from the younger Pinjarra Orogen and overlying Phanerozoic...
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sediment source. Zircons from Jack Hills in the Narryer Gneiss Terrane, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, have yielded U-Pb ages up to 4.404 billion years...
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major and ancient geological discontinuity separating the Archaean Yilgarn Craton in the east from the younger Pinjarra Orogen and overlying Phanerozoic...
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The Slave Craton is an Archaean craton in the north-western Canadian Shield, in Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The Slave Craton includes the 4.03 Ga-old...
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unpredictable. Australian Shield Great Victoria Desert Pilbara Craton Yilgarn Craton "Australian Catchment, River and Estuary Assessment 2002". Australian...
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proposed by Smirnov et al. 2013 and named after the Zimbabwe and Yilgarn cratons, is distinct from both Vaalbara and Ur. Vaalbara and Zimgarn, according...
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Slave craton, northern Canada, Pilbara craton and Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, Gawler Craton in South Australia, and in the Wyoming Craton in the...
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Yilgarn is a large craton which constitutes the bulk of the Western Australian land mass. Yilgarn may also refer to: Shire of Yilgarn, an administrative...
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boundary between the Palaeoproterozoic Earaheedy Basin and the Archaean Yilgarn Craton. The area contains a number of seasonal salt lakes, the largest being...
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Miltalie orogeny – Gawler Craton, South Australia Yapungku orogeny – North Yilgarn craton margin, Western Australia, (c. 1765 Ma) Albany-Fraser orogeny – Mountain-forming...
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Terrane, Western Australia: implications for the early evolution of the Yilgarn Craton". Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. 51 (1): 31–45. Bibcode:2004AuJES...
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year-old biotite K-feldspar porphyritic monzogranite that is part of the Yilgarn Craton. Hyden Rock is a granite inselberg, which consists of three domes. The...
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age (Global Standard Stratigraphic Age). The age of the oldest measurable craton, or continental crust, is dated to 3,600–3,800 Ma. Not enough is known about...
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Centralian Superbasin Gawler Craton Narryer gneiss Ore genesis Perth Basin Pilbara Craton Western Plateau Yilgarn Craton Autonomous administrative division...
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