Palaeozoic synorogenic sedimentation in central and northern Australia: A review of distribution and timing with implications for the evolution of intracontinental orogens

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences - Tập 48 Số 6 - Trang 911-928 - 2001
Peter Haines1, Martin Hand2, Mike Sandiford3
1School of Earth Sciences , University of Tasmania , Tas., 7005, Australia
2Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
3School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Vic. 3010, Australia

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