Paleozoic terrances of eastern Australia and the drift history of Gondwana

Tectonophysics

Volumn 362, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 41-65

  McElhinny, Michael W ^a   Powell, Chris McA ^a   Pisarevsky, Sergei A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Gondwana; Paleomagnetism; Paleozoic; Tasman Fold Belt

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOZOIC; POLAR WANDERING; TECTONIC ROTATION;

AUSTRALIA; TASMAN FOLD BELT;

EID: 0037421625     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00630-3     Document Type: Article

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