Lower crustal rheological expression in inverted basins

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 253, Issue , 2006, Pages 271-283

  Sandiford, Mike ^a   Hansen, David L ^b   McLaren, Sandra N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; INVERSION TECTONICS; LOWER CRUST; RHEOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 33646402896     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.14     Document Type: Article

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