Paleostress field evolution of the Australian continent since the Eocene

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Dyksterhuis, Scott ^a   Müller, R Dietmar ^a   Albert, Richard A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; PALEOSTRESS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22944432181     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002728     Document Type: Article

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