Palaeoproterozoic mid-basin inversion in the northern Mt Isa terrane, Queensland

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 735-748

  Betts, P G ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basin inversion; Isan Orogeny; Mellish Park Syncline; Mt Isa Rift Event; Superimposed folding

Indexed keywords

FOLDING; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONICS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033371826     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.1999.00741.x     Document Type: Article

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