Contrasting styles of Proterozoic crustal evolution: A hot-plate tectonic model for Australian terranes

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 673-676

  McLaren, Sandra ^a   Sandiford, Mike ^b   Powell, Roger ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Heat sources; Plate tectonics; Rheology

Indexed keywords

INTRACRATONICS; PLATE-TECTONIC MODELS; PROTEROZOIC TERRANES; TECTONIC REACTIVATION;

CATCHMENTS; GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; HEAT FLOW; PLATE TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC; RHEOLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23044463332     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21544.1     Document Type: Article

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