Tectonic evolution of the Ordovician Macquarie Arc, central New South Wales: Arguments for subduction polarity and anticlockwise rotation

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-193

  Fergusson, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lachlan Fold Belt; Macquarie Arc; Ordovician; Polarity reversal; Subduction

Indexed keywords

FOLD BELT; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; ORDOVICIAN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TURBIDITE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MACQUARIE ARC; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 61349185159     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090802547017     Document Type: Article

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