High grade metamorphism of sedimentary rocks during Palaeozoic rift basin formation in central Australia

Gondwana Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 865-885

  Maidment, D W ^a,b,d   Hand, M ^c   Williams, I S ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d St Barbara Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central Australia; Detrital zircon; Geochronology; Intraplate; Metamorphism; Rift basin

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; METAMORPHISM; PALEOZOIC; RIFT ZONE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEDIMENTATION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84883781513     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.12.020     Document Type: Article

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