Contractional structures and deformational events in the Bowen, Gunnedah and Surat Basins, eastern Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 477-499

  Korsch, R J ^a   Totterdell, J M ^a   Fomin, T ^a   Nicoll, M G ^a  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bowen basin; Contraction; Foreland; Gunnedah basin; Inversion; Surat basin; Thrust

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FORELAND BASIN; GONDWANA; INVERSION TECTONICS; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SUBDUCTION; THRUST FAULT; UPLIFT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BOWEN BASIN; GUNNEDAH BASIN; NEW ENGLAND FOLD BELT; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUEENSLAND; SURAT BASIN;

EID: 70449357018     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090802698745     Document Type: Article

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