Thick‐skinned folding in the eastern Lachlan Fold Belt, Shoalhaven River Gorge, New South Wales

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 677-686

  Fergusson, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Folds; Lachlan Fold Belt; New South Wales; Ordovician; Structure; Turbidites.

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FOLDING; ORDOVICIAN;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0032194548     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099808728425     Document Type: Article

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