Tectonic significance of structural successions preserved within low-strain pods: Implications for thin- to thick-skinned tectonics vs. multiple near-orthogonal folding events in the Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic Mount Isa Inlier (NE Australia)

Precambrian Research

Volumn 175, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 169-186

  Sayab, Mohammad ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Eastern Fold Belt; Folds; Low strain pods; MnNCKFMASH; Mount Isa

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FOLD BELT; FOLDING; FOLIATION; METAMORPHISM; OVERPRINTING; P-T CONDITIONS; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THIN SKINNED TECTONICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MOUNT ISA INLIER; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 70449535769     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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