Arc to craton provenance switching in a Late Palaeozoic subduction complex, Wandilla and Shoalwater terranes, New England Fold Belt, eastern Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 919-929

  Leitch, E C ^a   Fergusson, C L ^b   Henderson, R A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accretionary subduction complex; Carboniferous; New England Fold Belt; Provenance; Sandstone; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CARBONIFEROUS; FOLD BELT; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SUBDUCTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW ENGLAND FOLD BELT;

EID: 0347656767     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1400-0952.2003.01034.x     Document Type: Article

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