No mountains to snow on: Major post-Eocene uplift of the East Victoria Highlands; evidence from Cenozoic deposits

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-234

  Holdgate, G R ^a   Wallace, M W ^a   Gallagher, S J ^a   Wagstaff, B E ^a   Moore, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b GeoScience Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; East Victoria Highlands; Gippsland Basin; Paleovalleys; Uplift history; Victoria

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; EXHUMATION; FAULTING; PALYNOLOGY; UPLAND REGION; UPLIFT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GIPPSLAND BASIN; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 39449138458     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090701689373     Document Type: Article

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