Early-mid Cretaceous tectonic evolution of eastern Gondwana: From silicic LIP magmatism to continental rupture

Episodes

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 142-152

  Bryan, Scott E ^a   Cook, Alex G ^b   Allen, Charlotte M ^c   Siegel, Coralie ^a   Purdy, David J ^d   Greentree, James S ^a   Uysal, I Tonguc ^e  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Geological Survey of Queensland   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; DETACHMENT FAULT; EMPLACEMENT; GONDWANA; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMATISM; RIFTING; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE; UPLIFT; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84949115003     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2012/v35i1/013     Document Type: Review

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