Heterogeneous brittle deformation in the devonian carbonate rocks of the pillara range, canning basin: Implications for the structural evolution of the lennard shelf

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-29

  Dorling S L ^a,b   Dentith, M C ^a   Groves, D I ^a   Vearncombe, J R ^a   Playford, P E ^c   Muhling, P ^d   Windrim, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

^d RGC Exploration   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accommodation zone; Devonian; Lennard Shelf; Neptunian dykes; Reactivation; Reef complexes; Strike slip fault; Tectonic stylolites

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION ZONE; CARBONIFEROUS; DEFORMATION; DEVONIAN; FAULTING; NEPTUNIAN DYKE; REACTIVATION; STYOLITE;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, CANNING BASIN, PILLARA RANGE;

EID: 0029767588     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099608728232     Document Type: Article

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