Lower crustal extension across the Northern Carnarvon basin, Australia: Evidence for an eastward dipping detachment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 4975-4991

  Driscoll, Neal W ^a   Karner, Garry D ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 0000742882     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb03295     Document Type: Article

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