Accretion on the long-lived continental margin of northeastern Australia

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Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 166-176

  Withnall, Ian W ^a   Henderson, Robert A ^b  

^a Geological Survey of Queensland   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ACTIVE MARGIN; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRATON; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; PROTOLITH;

AUSTRALIA; NORTH AUSTRALIAN CRATON; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84875403552     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2012/v35i1/016     Document Type: Review

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