Magmatic changes during the stabilisation of a cordilleran fold belt: The Late Carboniferous-Triassic igneous history of eastern New South Wales, Australia

Lithos

Volumn 45, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 413-430

  Caprarelli, Graziella ^a   Leitch, Evan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cordilleran orogen; Isotope geochemistry; Magmatic arc; Magmatic history; New England Fold Belt; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; FOLD BELT; MAGMATISM; PERMIAN; TRIASSIC;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ENGLAND FOLD BELT; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0032322813     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(98)00042-5     Document Type: Article

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