Delamerian-aged metamorphism in the southern Curnamona Province, Australia: Implications for the evolution of the Mesoproterozoic Olarian Orogeny

Terra Nova

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 138-146

  Rutherford, Lachlan ^a   Hand, Martin ^a   Mawby, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELAMERIAN OROGENY; METAMORPHISM;

EID: 33645085026     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2006.00673.x     Document Type: Article

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