Passive-margin prolonged volcanism, East Australian Plate: Outbursts, progressions, plate controls and suggested causes

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 983-1005

  Sutherland, F L ^a,b   Graham, I T ^b,c   Meffre, S ^d   Zwingmann, H ^e,f,g   Pogson, R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ar Ar dating; Australian Plate; basalt; central volcano; intraplate volcanism; K Ar dating; mantle plumes; passive margin; zircon U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; AUSTRALIAN PLATE; BASALT; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MANTLE PLUME; PASSIVE MARGIN; PLATE MOTION; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; RIFT ZONE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANISM; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALIA; BUNYA MOUNTAINS; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND; TASMAN SEA;

EID: 84867641903     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2012.688293     Document Type: Article

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