Stratigraphic framework for the Leichhardt and Calvert superbasins: Review and correlations of the pre-1700 Ma successions between Mt Isa and McArthur River

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 381-403

  Jackson, M J ^a,b   Scott, D L ^a   Rawlings, D J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Haslingden Group; McArthur Basin; Mt Isa Inlier; Murphy Inlier; Palaeoproterozoic; Peters Creek Volcanics; Tawallah Group

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCK;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033928188     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2000.00789.x     Document Type: Review

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