Accordion vs. quantum tectonics: Insights into continental growth processes from the Paleozoic of eastern Gondwana

Gondwana Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 674-680

  Aitchison, Jonathan C ^a   Buckman, Solomon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arc collision; Continental growth; Gondwana; Paleozoic; Passive margin

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONVERGENT MARGIN; FOLD BELT; GONDWANA; ISLAND ARC; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PALEOZOIC; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE MOTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

AUSTRALIA; LACHLAN FOLD BELT;

EID: 84863872625     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.05.013     Document Type: Article

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