Geochemistry and chronology of tectonic blocks in serpentinite mélange of the Southern New England fold belt, NSW, Australia

Gondwana Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 817-831

  Sano, S ^a   Offler, R ^b   Hyodo, H ^c   Watanabe, T ^d  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early Palaeozoic; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Southern New England fold belt; Tectonic blocks

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EMPLACEMENT; FOLD BELT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MANTLE SOURCE; MELANGE; RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM DATING; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; SERPENTINE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ENGLAND FOLD BELT;

EID: 3242775305     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71066-2     Document Type: Article

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