Geochemistry and Rb-Sr geochronology of the alkaline-peralkaline Narraburra Complex, central southern New South Wales; tectonic significance of Late Devonian granitic magmatism in the Lachlan Fold Belt

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 369-384

  Wormald, R J ^a   Price, R C ^a   Kemp, A I S ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkaline granite; Devonian; Geochronology; Lachlan Fold Belt; Peralkaline granite; Rubidium Strontium dating; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DEVONIAN; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM DATING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 4444282795     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1400-0952.2004.01063.x     Document Type: Article

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