Basin dynamics and mineralisation, McArthur Basin, northern Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 703-720

  Lindsay, J F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Broadmere Structure; McArthur Basin; Mineralisation; Palaeoproterozoic; Seismic surveys; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALIZATION; PROTEROZOIC; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034772672     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2001.00892.x     Document Type: Article

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