Correlating multiple deformation events across the Mesoproterozoic NE Australia using foliation intersection axes (FIA) preserved within porphyroblasts

Gondwana Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 331-351

  Sayab, Mohammad ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Eastern Fold Belt; FIAs; Inclusion trails; Mount Isa; Porphyroblasts

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; FOLIATION; METAMORPHISM; PORPHYROBLAST; PROTEROZOIC;

AUSTRALIA; MOUNT ISA INLIER; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 39649093377     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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