The tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Balcooma Metamorphic Group, north-eastern Australia: A multidisciplinary approach

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 397-422

  ALI, A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foliation intersection inflection axes; Geochronology; Geothermobarometry; MnNCKFMASH; Pseudosections

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DECOMPRESSION; EXHUMATION; GEOBAROMETRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOTHERMOMETRY; METAMORPHIC FACIES; METAMORPHISM; P-T-T PATH; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77953066488     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2010.00871.x     Document Type: Article

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