The neogene tectonic history of the North West Shelf, Australia

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 151-174

  Keep, Myra ^a   Harrowfield, Mathew ^b   Crowe, Warwick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b WOODSIDE ENERGY LTD   (Australia)

^c Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

Author keywords

Neogene; North West Shelf; Seismicity; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015292556     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: 18347533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG07022     Document Type: Article

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