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Structural, metamorphic and geochronological constraints on alternating compression and extension in the Early Paleozoic Gondwanan Pacific margin, northeastern Australia

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2007

Authors

Fergusson, Christopher Lloyd
Henderson, Robert
Withnall, I W
Fanning, Christopher
Phillips, David
Lewthwaite, K.J.

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American Geophysical Union

Abstract

The Ross-Delamerian orogenic belt formed along the early Paleozoic active Pacific margin of the newly merged Gondwana supercontinent. In its northernmost segment in the Townsville region of northeastern Australia, we have identified a short contractional

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Keywords: backarc basin; deformation mechanism; Delamerian orogeny; extensional tectonics; formation mechanism; geochronology; Gondwana; orogenic belt; Paleozoic; retrograde metamorphism; uranium-lead dating; volcanism; zircon; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; T

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/27416

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Open Access Research

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Tectonics

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Journal article

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10.1029/2006TC001979

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2037-12-31

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