High-resolution aeromagnetic data over central Australia assist Grenville-era (1300-1100 Ma) Rodinia reconstructions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Aitken, Alan R A ^a   Betts, Peter G ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); GEOMAGNETISM; IGNEOUS ROCKS; IMAGE RESOLUTION;

CRUSTAL ARCHITECTURE; OROGENIC BELT;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; CRATON; GRANITOID; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MODELING; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; POTENTIAL FIELD; RODINIA;

AMADEUS BASIN; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MUSGRAVE RANGES; OFFICER BASIN;

EID: 41549089688     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031563     Document Type: Article

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