High-strain zone deformation in the southern Capricorn Orogen, Western Australia: Kinematics and age constraints

Precambrian Research

Volumn 128, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 295-314

  Reddy, Steven M ^a   Occhipinti, Sandra A ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deformation; Palaeoproterozoic; Shear zone; Structure; Tectonics; Yilgarn

Indexed keywords

CAPRICORN OROGENY; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FAULT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; KINEMATICS; PROTEROZOIC;

ARTICLE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; GEOLOGY; GEOMETRY; HISTORY; PROTEROZOIC; ROCK; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL CHANGE; SOIL STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 1242273741     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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