Magnetic fabric constraints on oroclinal bending of the Texas and Coffs Harbour blocks: New England Orogen, eastern Australia

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 238, Issue , 2004, Pages 421-445

  Aubourg, Charles ^a   Klootwijk, Chris ^b   Korsch, Russell J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAYSTONE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; MAGNETIC FABRIC; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PHYLLOSILICATE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ENGLAND FOLD BELT; WORLD;

CARBONIFEROUS;

EID: 12844281867     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.238.01.22     Document Type: Article

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