Isostatic constraints on the central Victorian lower crust: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Lachlan Fold Belt

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 633-639

  O'Halloran, G J ^a,b   Rey, P ^a  

^a Esso Australia Ltd   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deformation; Isostasy; Lachlan Fold Belt; Modelling; Subduction; Tectonic evolution

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DEVONIAN; ISOSTASY; OROGENIC BELT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033178196     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.1999.00733.x     Document Type: Article

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