Early Palaeozoic biotite Rb‐Sr dates in the Yilgarn Craton near Harvey, Western Australia

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
Biotite from granite and gneiss in the southwestern part of the Yilgarn Craton near Perth has been dated by the Rb‐Sr technique at about 430–500 Ma in a belt at the western edge of the craton. The belt widens southward from 30 km near Perth to 55 km east of Harvey. The eastern boundary of the belt passes along the east margin of the Saddleback greenstone belt. A transition zone 15–40 km wide separates the belt of young dates from an eastern chronological plateau where biotite dates, mainly 2300–2600 Ma, are marginally younger than regional Rb‐Sr whole rock dates which average about 2550 Ma. In contrast to biotite dates, whole rock dates greater than 2500 Ma persist to the western edge of the craton. The 430–500 Ma dates probably represent resetting during uplift in the Early Palaeozoic.