Implications for Proterozoic plate margin evolution from geophysical analysis and crustal-scale modeling within the western Gawler Craton, Australia

Tectonophysics

Volumn 483, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 151-177

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

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forward modeling; Gawler Craton; Kimban Orogeny; Potential field geophysics; Proterozoic; Shear zone

Indexed keywords

FORWARD MODELING; GAWLER CRATON; POTENTIAL FIELD; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE;

DATA STRUCTURES; GEOPHYSICS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; ARCHEAN; BOUGUER ANOMALY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA INTERPRETATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FORWARD MODELING; GRAVITY SURVEY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE BOUNDARY; PROTEROZOIC; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AUSTRALIA; GAWLER CRATON; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 76349115348     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.11.016     Document Type: Article

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