Exotic crustal block accretion to the eastern Gondwanaland margin in the Late Cambrian-Tasmania, the Selwyn Block, and implications for the Cambrian-Silurian evolution of the Ross, Delamerian, and Lachlan orogens

Gondwana Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 628-649

  Cayley, R A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

East Gondwanaland; Geological evolution; Northern Victoria Land; Tectonic escape; Trapped plate segment

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CAMBRIAN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GONDWANA; OROGENY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE TECTONICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SELWYN MOUNTAINS; TASMANIA; VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 79952070289     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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