Blind orogen: Integrated appraisal of multiple episodes of Mesoproterozoic deformation and reworking in the Fowler Domain, western Gawler Craton, Australia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 166, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 263-282

  Thomas, Jane L ^a   Direen, Nicholas G ^a   Hand, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fowler Domain; Gawler Craton; Gravity; Magnetics; Monazite; Proterozoic; Rodinia; Transpression

Indexed keywords

BAROMETRY; DATING METHOD; DEFORMATION; GRAVITY; MONAZITE; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SHEAR ZONE; TRANSPRESSION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GAWLER CRATON; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

COLONA;

EID: 54249161466     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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