Reinterpretation of the tectonic context of high-temperature metamorphism in the Broken Hill Block, NSW, and implications on the Palaeo- to Meso-Proterozoic evolution

Precambrian Research

Volumn 166, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 338-349

  Forbes, C J ^a,b   Betts, P G ^b   Giles, D ^b   Weinberg, R ^a,b  

^a Predictive Mineral Discovery Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Broken Hill; Extension; Geothermal gradient; Metamorphism; Orogenesis

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; EXTENSION; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BROKEN HILL; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 54249104563     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2006.12.017     Document Type: Article

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