Paleomagnetic results indicate pre-Permian counter-clockwise rotation of the southern Tamworth Belt, southern New England Orogen, Australia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2002, Pages

  Geeve, Richard J ^a   Schmidt, Phillip W ^b   Roberts, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Carboniferous; Ignimbrites; New England Orogen; Rotation

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; IGNIMBRITE; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC ROTATION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; TAMWORTH BELT;

EID: 0037058551     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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