Detachment faulting and bimodal magmatism in the Palaeoproterozoic Willyama supergroup, south-central Australia: Keys to recognition of a multiply deformed precambrian metamorphic core complex

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-66

  Gibson, George M ^a   Nutman, Allen P ^b  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Bimodal magmatism; Broken Hill; Detachment faults; Structure

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHIC ROCK; PROTEROZOIC; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SHRIMP DATING;

ADELAIDE FOLD BELT; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BROKEN HILL; NEW SOUTH WALES; OLARY BLOCK; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0742319873     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-060     Document Type: Article

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