Paleogene basalts prove early uplift of Victoria's Eastern Uplands

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 291-315

  Vandenberg, A H M ^a  

^a GeoScience Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basalt; Cenozoic; Cretaceous; Eastern uplands; Gippsland basin; Landscape evolution; References; Uplift; Victoria

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; BASALT; CENOZOIC; CRETACEOUS; FLOW FIELD; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PALEOGENE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLAND REGION; UPLIFT;

AUSTRALIA; GIPPSLAND BASIN; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 77950933888     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120091003619225     Document Type: Article

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