Deformation and possible origins of the Cooma Complex, southeastern Lachlan Fold Belt, New South Wales

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 429-442

  Johnson, S E ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cooma Complex; Deformation (structural geology); Lachlan Fold Belt; Metamorphic complex; Structural analysis; Thrust faults

Indexed keywords

CRENULATION CLEAVAGE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; METAMORPHIC ROCK; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033150773     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.1999.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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