Radiometric evidence for Middle Devonian inversion of the Hill End Trough, northeast Lachlan Fold Belt

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-33

  Packham, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Devonian; Hill End Trough; Lachlan Fold Belt; Palaeogeography; Radiometric dating; Silurian; Tabberabberan; Thermal model

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEVONIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HIATUS; TROUGH;

AUSTRALIA; LACHLAN FOLD BELT;

EID: 0033078934     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.1999.00684.x     Document Type: Article

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