Source of the Lachlan fold belt flysch linked to convective removal of the lithospheric mantle and rapid exhumation of the Delamerian-Ross fold belt

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 941-944

  Turner, S P ^a   Kelley, S P ^a   Vandenberg, A H M ^b   Foden, J D ^c   Sandiford, M ^c   Flottmann T ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Energy and Minerals ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GRANITE; MICA;

A-TYPE GRANITE; LACHLAN FOLD BELTS; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; PALEO-PACIFIC MARGIN OF GONDWANA; PARTIAL MELTING; RAPID TRANSITIONS; S-TYPE GRANITES; SEDIMENT SOURCES; CAMBRIANS; FOLD BELTS; ORDOVICIAN;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS; DEFORMATION;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXHUMATION; FLYSCH; FOLD BELT; GONDWANA; KINEMATICS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PARTIAL MELTING; SEDIMENTATION; UPLIFT; ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; DELAMERIAN OROGENY; PROVENANCE; ROSS OROGENY;

BENGAL; PACIFIC OCEAN; AUSTRALIA; LACHLAN FOLD BELT;

EID: 0030435541     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0941:SOTLFB>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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