Considerations on emplacement of Jurassic Dolerites

• Main Author: Sutherland, FL
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1966
• Subjects: Royal Society of Tasmania; RST; Van Diemens Land; natural history; science; ecology; taxonomy; botany; zoology; geology; geography; papers & proceedings; Australia; UTAS Library; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Ross Sea; The Cones; Cupola; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/14287/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/14287/1/1966_Sutherland_Emplacement_Jurassic_Dolerites.pdf

The emplacement of the Jurassic dolerites of Tasmania is considered in terms of the tectonic structure of Tasmania at the time of intrusion. At this time Tasmania consisted of a Permo-Triassic sedimentary cover draped in gentle downwarps over an uneven basement of folded Precambrian-Palaeozoic rocks...