Stratigraphy, age relationships and tectonic setting of rift‐phase infill in the Drummond Basin, central Queensland

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 579-595

  Henderson, R A ^a   Davis, B K ^a   Fanning, C M ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Backarc basins; Drummond Basin; Geochronology; Palaeozoic; Queensland; Stratigraphy; Tectonics; Uranium lead dating

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC SETTING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031753401     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099808728414     Document Type: Article

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