Permian soft-sediment deformation structures related to earhquake in the southern Sydney Basin, Eastern Australia

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 511-518

  Du, Yuansheng ^a   Shi, G ^a,b   Gong, Yiming ^a   Xu, Yajun ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Permian; Seismites; Soft sedimentary deformation; Sydney Basin

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; BRECCIA; DEFORMATION; PERMIAN; SEISMITE; SUBDUCTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY BASIN;

EID: 34548088613     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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