Tectonic evolution of Proterozoic Australia

Tectonics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1431-1446

  Myers, John S ^a   Shaw, Russell D ^b   Tyler, Ian M ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATE TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIAN; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030389978     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96TC02356     Document Type: Article

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