Late Tertiary tectonic subsidence on the northeast Australian passive margin: Response to dynamic topography?

Marine Geology

Volumn 162, Issue 2-4, 2000, Pages 337-352

  Müller, R Dietmar ^a   Lim, Vanessa S L ^a   Isern, Alexandra R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Carbonate platforms; Eustasy; Geodynamics; Queensland; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

PASSIVE MARGIN; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS; TERTIARY;

CORAL SEA;

EID: 0343851533     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00089-4     Document Type: Article

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