Devil in the detail; The 1150-1000Ma magmatic and structural evolution of the Ngaanyatjarra Rift, west Musgrave Province, Central Australia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 572-588

  Evins, Paul M ^a,b   Smithies, R Hugh ^a   Howard, Heather M ^a   Kirkland, Christopher L ^a   Wingate, Michael T D ^a   Bodorkos, Simon ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Giles Event; Intracontinental rift; Layered intrusion; Musgrave Province; Warakurna Large Igneous Province

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; EMPLACEMENT; FELSIC ROCK; FOLDING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; LAYERED INTRUSION; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSPRESSION;

AUSTRALIA; MUSGRAVE RANGES;

EID: 78449297192     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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