Exhumation of the lower crust during crustal shortening: An Alice Springs (380 Ma) age for a prograde amphibolite facies shear zone in the Strangways Metamorphic Complex (central Australia)

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 737-747

  Ballevre M ^a,b   Moller A ^a,c   Hensen, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alice Springs Orogeny; Amphibolite facies shear zone; Arunta Block; Sm Nd age; Strangways Range

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; EXHUMATION; LOWER CRUST; METAMORPHISM; SHEAR ZONE;

AUSTRALASIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; STRANGWAYS RANGE;

EID: 0033693871     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.2000.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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