Late Paleo-Mesoproterozoic plate margin deformation in the southern Gawler Craton: Insights from structural and aeromagnetic analysis

Precambrian Research

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 55-72

  Stewart, John R ^a   Betts, Peter G ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aeromagnetics; Curnamona Province; Gawler Craton; Proterozoic; St Peter Suite; Yarlbrinda Shear Zone

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; OROGENY; PLATE TECTONICS; PLUTON; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST;

AUSTRALIA; CURNAMONA PROVINCE; GAWLER CRATON; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 74149083105     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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