Origin and significance of megabreccia blocks in the Silurian Goobarragandra Volcanics, southeastern New South Wales

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 315-321

  Dadd, K A ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caldera; Goobarragandra Volcanics; Megabreccia; Silurian

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; MEGABRECCIA; SILURIAN;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031848841     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099808728390     Document Type: Article

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