The crustal scale architecture of the Eastern Succession, Mount Isa: The influence of inversion

Precambrian Research

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 31-49

  Blenkinsop, T G ^a   Huddlestone Holmes, C R ^a   Foster, D R W ^a   Edmiston, M A ^a   Lepong, P ^a   Mark, G ^b   Austin, J R ^a   Murphy, F C ^c   Ford, A ^a   Rubenach, M J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crustal architecture; Extension; Inversion tectonics; Isan Orogeny; Mount Isa Inlier; Positive inversion

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CROSS SECTION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXTENSION; GABBRO; INVERSION TECTONICS; OROGENY; PLUTON; SEISMIC DATA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TONALITE; WAVELET;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MOUNT ISA INLIER; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 43049121036     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.08.011     Document Type: Article

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