Constraints on the current rate of deformation and surface uplift of the Australian continent from a new seismic database and low-T thermochronological data

Braun, Jean; Burbidge, D R; Gesto, Fernando; Sandiford, Michael. A; Gleadow, Andrew John Ward; Kohn, B P; Cummins, Phil

Constraints on the current rate of deformation and surface uplift of the Australian continent from a new seismic database and low-T thermochronological data

Date

2009

Authors

Braun, Jean

Burbidge, D R

Gesto, Fernando

Sandiford, Michael. A

Gleadow, Andrew John Ward

Kohn, B P

Cummins, Phil

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

Estimates of the current rate of deformation and surface uplift for the Australian continent are derived by integration of a new seismic database and show that parts of the continent are currently experiencing deformation at a rate of 1- 5 × 10-16/s and