Age constraints on deformation of the eastern Hodgkinson Province, north Queensland: New perspectives on the evolution of the northern Tasman Orogenic Zone

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-114

  Zucchetto, R G ^a   Henderson, R A ^a   Davis, B K ^a   Wysoczanski, R ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hodgkinson Province; Late Devonian; Orogenesis; Plutonism; Radiometric dating; Structural analysis

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DEVONIAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OROGENY; PLUTONISM;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033079021     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.1999.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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