1600-1500 Ma hotspot track in eastern Australia: Implications for Mesoproterozoic continental reconstructions

Terra Nova

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 496-501

  Betts, Peter G ^a   Giles, David ^b   Schaefer, Bruce F ^a   Mark, Geordie ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; BELT; GEODYNAMICS; GRANITE; HOT SPOT; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; PLATE MOTION; PROTEROZOIC;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CURNAMONA PROVINCE; GAWLER CRATON; MOUNT ISA INLIER; QUEENSLAND; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 36549041898     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2007.00778.x     Document Type: Article

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