Thrust tectonic styles of the intracratonic Alice Springs and Petermann orogenies, Central Australia

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 82, 2005, Pages 538-557

  Flottmann, T ^a   Hand, M ^b   Close, D ^c   Edgoose, C ^c   Scrimgeour, I ^c  

^a Santos Ltd   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Northern Territory Geological Survey   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; DISPLACEMENT; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC;

ALICE SPRINGS; AMADEUS BASIN; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 34548548330     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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