Magnetotelluric constraints on subduction polarity: Reversing reconstruction models for Proterozoic Australia

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 799-802

  Selway, Kate ^a   Hand, Martin ^a   Heinson, Graham S ^a   Payne, Justin L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CONTEMPORARY MODELS; FIRST-ORDER; LITHOSPHERIC; MAGNETOTELLURIC IMAGING; MAGNETOTELLURICS; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PROTEROZOIC;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

TELLURIC PROSPECTING;

ACCRETION; CRATON; IMAGING METHOD; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; PROTEROZOIC; SUBDUCTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70349084962     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30175A.1     Document Type: Article

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