Late Neoproterozoic passive margin of East Gondwana: Geochemical constraints from the Anakie Inlier, central Queensland, Australia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 168, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 301-312

  Fergusson, C L ^a   Offler, R ^b   Green, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anakie Inlier; Australia; East Gondwana; N MORB; Passive margin

Indexed keywords

DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GONDWANA; INLIER; MARGINAL BASIN; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METASEDIMENT; PASSIVE MARGIN; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; SCHIST; TRACE ELEMENT; ZIRCON;

ANAKIE; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 58549099458     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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