Discussion on 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 162, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 409-416

  Conor, C H H ^a   Priess, W V ^a   Page, R W ^b   Stevens, B P J ^c   Plimer, I R ^d   Ashley, P M ^e   Gibson, G M ^f   Nutman, A P ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Geological Survey of New South Wales   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^f GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHIC FACIES; PRECAMBRIAN;

EID: 15444367711     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764904-111     Document Type: Article

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