Origin of the in situ stress field in south-eastern Australia

Basin Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 325-338

  Sandiford, Mike ^a   Wallace, Malcolm ^a   Coblentz, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IN SITU STRESS; MIOCENE; OROGENY; PLATE BOUNDARY; STRAIN RATE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 4544279891     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2004.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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