The significance of E-W structural trends for the Alice Springs Orogeny in the Charters Towers Province, North Queensland

Tectonophysics

Volumn 587, Issue , 2013, Pages 168-187

  Quentin de Gromard, Raphael ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aeromagnetic truncations; Alice Springs orogeny; Charters Towers Province; FIAs; Monazite dating

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC; AEROMAGNETIC DATA; ALICE SPRINGS OROGENY; AUSTRALIA; CAMBRIANS; CHARTERS TOWERS PROVINCE; CRYSTALLIZATION AGE; DEVONIANS; EAST COAST; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; FIAS; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; NORTH QUEENSLAND; OROGENS; PALAEOZOIC; PLUTON SHAPE; PORPHYROBLASTS; STRUCTURAL TRENDS;

PHOSPHATE MINERALS;

TOWERS;

CAMBRIAN; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEVONIAN; FOLIATION; GRANITE; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MONAZITE; PALEOZOIC; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ALICE SPRINGS; AUSTRALIA; CHARTERS TOWERS; NEW ZEALAND; NORTHERN TERRITORY; QUEENSLAND; SOUTH ISLAND; TASMAN;

EID: 84874021505     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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