Stratigraphy, facies architecture and tectonic implications of the Upper Devonian to Lower Carboniferous Campwyn volcanics of the northern New England Fold Belt

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 377-401

  Bryan, S E ^a   Fielding, C R ^a   Holcombe, R J ^a   Cook, A ^b   Moffitt, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Campwyn Volcanics; Carboniferous; Devonian; Facies associations; Palaeogeography; Queensland; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; FACIES ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0042347847     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2003.00999.x     Document Type: Article

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