Cenozoic fault control on 'deep lead' palaeoriver systems, Central Highlands, Victoria

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 445-468

  Holdgate, G R ^a   Wallace, M W ^a   Gallagher, S J ^a   Witten, R B ^a   Stats, B ^a   Wagstaff, B E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central Highlands; Deep leads; Otway Basin palaeovalleys; Uplift history; Victoria

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; FAULTING; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RIVER BASIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLAND REGION; UPLIFT; VALLEY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL HIGHLANDS; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 33646700966     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090600632334     Document Type: Article

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