Architecture of Proterozoic shear zones in the Christie Domain, western Gawler Craton, Australia: Geophysical appraisal of a poorly exposed orogenic terrane

Precambrian Research

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 28-44

  Direen, Nicholas G ^a   Cadd, Allan G ^a   Lyons, Patrick ^b   Teasdale, Jonathan P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c FrOG Tech Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coorabie Orogeny; Gawler Craton; Gravity; Magnetics; Oblique slip tectonics; Proterozoic; Rodinia; Southern Australia

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GAWLER CRATON; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

COLONA;

EID: 27744486977     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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