Syn-orogenic extensional and contractional deformation related to granite emplacement in the northern Tasman Orogenic Zone, Australia

Tectonophysics

Volumn 305, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 453-475

  Davis, B K ^a   Henderson, R A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deformation history; Granite emplacement; Orogeny; Structure; Tasman Orogenic Zone

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GRANITE; OROGENY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033562092     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00032-3     Document Type: Article

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