Phanerozoic reactivation along a fundamental Proterozoic crustal fault, the Darling River Lineament, Australia: Constraints from apatite fission track thermochronology

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 451-465

  O'Sullivan, Paul B ^a   Kohn, Barry P ^a   Mitchell, Melinda M ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crust; Faults; Fission track dating; Geochronology; Lineaments; Proterozoic; Reactivation; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

FAULT; LINEAMENT; REACTIVATION; TECTONICS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032583354     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00238-6     Document Type: Article

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