The Mount Wright Arc: A Cambrian subduction system developed on the continental margin of East Gondwana, Koonenberry Belt, eastern Australia

Gondwana Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 650-669

  Greenfield, J E ^a   Musgrave, R J ^a   Bruce, M C ^b   Gilmore, P J ^a   Mills, K J ^c  

^a Geological Survey of New South Wales   (Australia)

^b WB Clarke Geoscience Centre   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delamerian Orogeny; East Gondwana; Koonenberry Belt; Mount Wright Arc; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FOLDING; GONDWANA; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PASSIVE MARGIN; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRANSPRESSION;

EID: 79952073737     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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