Deformation of the Cablac Mountain Range, East Timor: An overthrust stack derived from an Australian continental terrace

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 150-166

  Keep, Myra ^a   Barber, Logan ^a   Haig, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cablac Formation; Continental terrace; East Timor; Structural geology; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST FAULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA ISLES; TIMOR; TIMOR-LESTE;

EID: 63149188088     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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