A framework of overprinting orogens based on interpretation of the Mount Isa deep seismic transect

Economic Geology

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1422-1434

  Maccready, T ^a,c   Goleby, B R ^b   Goncharov, A ^b   Drummond, B J ^b   Lister, G S ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; OROGENY; OVERPRINTING; SEISMIC SURVEY;

AUSTRALIA; MOUNT ISA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 0032441743     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.93.8.1422     Document Type: Article

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