Regional high-pressure metamorphism during intracratonic deformation: The Petermann Orogeny, central Australia

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 557-572

  Scrimgeour, I ^a,b   Close, D ^a  

^a Northern Territory Geological Survey   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Heat production; High pressure granulite; Intracratonic deformation; Musgrave Block; Petermann Orogeny

Indexed keywords

GRANULITE; HIGH PRESSURE; METAMORPHISM;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033373264     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.1999.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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