Syn- and post-extensional tectonic activity in the Palaeoproterozoic sequences of Broken Hill and Mount Isa and its bearing on reconstructions of Rodinia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 166, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 350-369

  Gibson, G M ^a   Rubenach, M J ^b   Neumann, N L ^a   Southgate, P N ^a   Hutton, L J ^c  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Mines and Water   (Australia)

Author keywords

Broken Hill; Mid crustal extension; Monazite ages; Mount Isa; Palaeoproterozoic basins; Rodinia

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; DEFORMATION; FAULTING; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; MONAZITE; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION; RODINIA; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONICS; TERRANE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BROKEN HILL; MOUNT ISA; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 54249160143     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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