A wide ocean-continent transition along the south-west Australian margin: First results of the MARGAU/MD110 cruise;Une large transition continent-océan en pied de marge sud-ouest australienne : Premiers résultats de la campagne MARGAU/MD110

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 629-641

  Beslier, Marie Odile ^a   Royer, Jean Yves ^b   Girardeau, Jacques ^c   Hill, Peter J ^d   Boeuf, Eric ^c   Buchanan, Cameron ^d   Chatin, Fabienne ^e   Jacovetti, Gilles ^b   Moreau, Alain ^a   Munschy, Marc ^e   Partouche, Céline ^a   Robert, Ursula ^f   Thomas, Steve ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^d GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UMR 7063   (France)

^f SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Continent ocean transition; Continental margin; Diamantina Zone; Mantle exhumation; Naturaliste Plateau; Peridotite gabbro basalt; Southwest Australia

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GABBRO; GONDWANA; MESOZOIC; PASSIVE MARGIN; PERIDOTITE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 19944425975     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/175.6.629     Document Type: Article

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