The Palaeozoic tectono-metallogenic evolution of the northern Tasman Fold Belt System, Australia: Interplay of subduction rollback and accretion

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 277-296

  Vos, I M A ^a   Bierlein, F P ^a,b   Phillips, D ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accretion; Australia; Metallogeny; Palaeozoic; Subduction; Tasman Fold Belt System; Tectonic evolution

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; METALLOGENY; SUBDUCTION;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MINERALOGY; PETROLOGY;

TECTONICS;

CARBONIFEROUS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION; DEVONIAN; FOLD BELT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEODYNAMICS; GONDWANA; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; PALEOZOIC; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BROKEN RIVER; HODGKINSON GOLDFIELD; NEW ZEALAND; QUEENSLAND; SOUTH ISLAND; TASMAN; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 33847241249     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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