Present-day stresses, seismicity and Neogene-to-Recent tectonics of Australia's 'passive' margins: Intraplate deformation controlled by plate boundary forces

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 306, Issue , 2008, Pages 71-90

  Hillis, Richard R ^a   Sandiford, Mike ^b   Reynolds, Scott D ^a,c   Quigley, Mark C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONVERGENT MARGIN; DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; HEAT FLOW; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOSTRESS; PASSIVE MARGIN; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMICITY; STRAIN RATE; STRESS;

AUSTRALIA; FLINDERS RANGE; MOUNT LOFTY RANGES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 68849087669     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP306.3     Document Type: Article

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