Anomalous lithosphere beneath the Proterozoic of western and central Australia: A record of continental collision and intraplate deformation?

Precambrian Research

Volumn 166, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 111-121

  Fishwick, S ^a   Reading, A M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continental collision; Lithosphere; Proterozoic; Surface wave tomography; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEFORMATION; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; LITHOSPHERE; PROTEROZOIC; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE VELOCITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PILBARA BLOCK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 54249095075     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.04.026     Document Type: Article

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