Imposition of a Proterozoic salient on a Palaeozoic orogen at the eastern margin of Gondwana

Gondwana Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 669-686

  Williams, H A ^a   Stewart, J R ^a   Betts, P G ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aeromagnetic; Broken Hill; Curnamona Province; Delamerian Orogeny; Fold arc; Lachlan Orogeny; Olary

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GONDWANA; METAMORPHIC ROCK; OBLIQUE FAULT; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

AUSTRALIA; CURNAMONA PROVINCE;

EID: 69749125007     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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