Role of lithosphere in intra-continental deformation: Central Australia

Kennett, Brian; Iaffaldano, Giampiero

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Role of lithosphere in intra-continental deformation: Central Australia

Date

2013

Authors

Kennett, Brian

Iaffaldano, Giampiero

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Since the Proterozoic, there has been a set of deformation cycles in central Australia culminating in the Alice Springs Orogeny around 400. Ma. These events occurred away from plate boundaries and involved extension as well as compression, although their