Crust restoration for the western Lachlan Orogen using the strain-reversal, area-balancing technique: Implications for crustal components and original thicknesses

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 329-341

  Gray, D R ^a   Willman, C E ^b   Foster, D A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bendigo zone; Crustal thickness; Lachlan orogen; Melbourne zone; Retrodeformation; Stawell zone; Strain; Stratigraphy; Structure

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL THICKENING; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; LOWER CRUST; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 33646712295     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090500499305     Document Type: Article

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