Alice springs age shear zones from the southeastern Reynolds Range, central Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 355-363

  Cartwright, I ^a   Buick, I S ^b   Foster, D A ^b   Lambert, D D ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alice Springs Orogeny; Argon argon dating; Arunta Inlier; Metamorphism; Reynolds Range; Rubidium strontium dating; Shear zones; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

HEAT PRODUCTION; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033150655     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.1999.00710.x     Document Type: Article

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