Evolution of a small intraplate basaltic lava field: Jerrabattgulla creek, upper shoalhaven river catchment, southeast New South Wales

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1049-1061

  Roach, I C ^a   Hill, S M ^b   Lewis, A C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intraplate basalt; Jerrabattgulla Creek; Landscape evolution; Lava field; Mantle metasomatism; Shoalhaven River

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CATCHMENT; DRAINAGE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LAVA; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; METASOMATISM; SILCRETE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SHOALHAVEN RIVER;

EID: 56449117402     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090802266543     Document Type: Article

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