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Bulletin 55

A Geochronological Framework for the Gawler Craton, South Australia

 

Cover of CD Bulletin 55 Geochronology of the Gawler Craton

Purchasing information

Bulletin 55 can be purchased:

  • in digital format (CD) for $20.00
  • as hard copy on demand for $80

Copies can be ordered through the Customer Services Centre.

  • Presents U–Pb-zircon geochronological data collected over the period 1992–2005 by Sensitive High-Resolution Ion Microprobe (SHRIMP)
  • Discusses results for 89 previously unpublished geochronology samples derived from the entire spectrum of Gawler Craton geology including:
    • Late Archaean Sleaford and Mulgathing Complexes
    • Palaeoproterozoic metasediments and granites
    • the metallogenically significant 1595–1575 Ma Gawler Range Volcanics and Hiltaba Suite.

  • Provides a review of the geology and geochronology of the Gawler Craton that will interest explorers and researchers alike - providing the framework for our understanding of the evolution of the Gawler Craton

  • Analyses of metamorphic rocks from the Fowler Domain and Coober Pedy Ridge providing constraints on the major periods of metamorphism and deformation

 

The Bulletin is a collaboration between the Geological Survey of South Australia, universities and the minerals industry.