Apatite (U - Th)/He age constraints on the Mesozoic and Cenozoic evolution of the Bathurst region, New South Wales: Evidence for antiquity of the continental drainage divide along a passive margin

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1041-1050

  Persano, C ^a,b   Bishop, P ^a   Stuart, F M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apatite (U Th) He thermochronology; Apatite fission track thermochronology; Bathurst region; Cenozoic; Continental drainage divide; Mesozoic; New South Wales; Passive margin

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DENUDATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; FOLD BELT; MESOZOIC; PASSIVE MARGIN; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BLUE MOUNTAINS [NEW SOUTH WALES]; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 33751569692     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090600923303     Document Type: Article

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