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Fohn lamproite and a possible late Eocene pre-Miocene diatreme field, Northern Bonaparte Basin, Timor Sea

Date

Authors

Gorter, John

Glikson, Andrew

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

Seismic profiles in the Northern Bonaparte Basin, Timor Sea, northern Australia, disclose an east- northeast-trending 120 × 25 km swathe of over 40 circular to subcircular features excavated in the pre-Miocene erosional surface and buried by Lower Miocen

Keywords

Keywords: diatreme; Eocene; geochemistry; igneous intrusion; lamproite; Miocene; petrology; seismic reflection; Indian Ocean Bonaparte Basin; Cenozoic; Diatreme field; Fohn 1; Lamproite; Timor Sea

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/93363

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ANU Research Publications

Source

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1046/j.1440-0952.2002.00957.x

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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