Controls on the locus of intraplate deformation in central Australia

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 162, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 97-110

  Sandiford, Mike ^a   Hand, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amadeus Basin; Intraplate processes; Orogeny

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; OROGENY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032423063     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00159-9     Document Type: Article

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