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

Maidment, David; Hand, Martin; Williams, Ian

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

Date

2013

Authors

Maidment, David

Hand, Martin

Williams, Ian

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Exhumation of middle and lower crustal rocks during the 450-320. Ma intraplate Alice Springs Orogeny in central Australia provides an opportunity to examine the deep burial of sedimentary successions leading to regional high-grade metamorphism. SIMS zirco