Upper Carboniferous to Lower Permian volcanic successions of the Carroll-Nandewar region, northern Tamworth Belt, southern New England Orogen, Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 205-232

  Roberts, J ^a   Offler, R ^b   Fanning, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Carroll Nandewar region; Lavas; New England Orogen; Pyroclastics; SHRIMP; Stratigraphy; Tamworth Belt; Uranium lead dating

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PERMIAN; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW ENGLAND FOLD BELT;

EID: 3042773733     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1400-0952.2004.01053.x     Document Type: Article

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