Silurian to mid-Devonian basin development of the Melbourne Zone, Lachlan Fold Belt, southeastern Australia

Tectonophysics

Volumn 375, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 9-36

  Powell, C McA ^a   Baillie, P W ^a   VandenBerg, A H M ^b  

^a TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company   (Australia)

^b Geological Survey of Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basin analysis; Devonian; Lachlan Fold Belt; Melbourne Zone; Palaeocurrents; Sandstone composition; Silurian; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; DEVONIAN; FOLD BELT; PALEOCURRENT; SANDSTONE; SILURIAN; TECTONIC SETTING; TURBIDITE;

AUSTRALIA; LACHLAN FOLD BELT; VICTORIA;

EID: 0242406945     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00331-7     Document Type: Article

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