Far-field continental backarc setting for the 1.80-1.67 Ga basins of northeastern Australia

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 823-826

  Giles, David ^a   Betts, Peter ^a   Lister, Gordon ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Continental backarc; Plate tectonics; Proterozoic

Indexed keywords

BACKARC SETTING; SEDIMENTARY BASINS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONICS;

VOLCANOES;

BACKARC BASIN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036765071     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0823:FFCBSF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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