Tethyan- and Cordilleran-type ophiolites of eastern Australia: Implications for the evolution of the Tasmanides

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 218, Issue , 2004, Pages 517-539

  Spaggiari, Catherine V ^a   Gray, David R ^b   Foster, David A ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; GONDWANA; OPHIOLITE; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 2942640012     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.218.01.27     Document Type: Article

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