Structural evolution of the Texas Orocline, eastern Australia

Gondwana Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 279-289

  Li, Pengfei ^a   Rosenbaum, Gideon ^a   Donchak, Paul J T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Geological Survey of Queensland   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eastern Australia; New England Orogen; Subduction rollback; Tectonics; Texas Orocline

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856751590     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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