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Gambier-Beaconsfield and Gambier-Sorell Fracture Zones and the Movement of Plates in the Australia-Antarctica-New Zealand Region

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Daily, Jago and Milnes1 have rejected the hypothesis of Crawford and Campbell2 that in the Early Ordovician there was a dextral strike-slip movement of at least 300 km on a mega-shear parallel to part of the south coast of Australia. By courtesy of all five authors we were sent a copy of the manuscript of Daily, Jago and Milnes and invited to state our own views.

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  1. Department of Geology, University of New England, Armidale, Australia, 2351

    H. J. HARRINGTON

  2. Mineral Physics Division, CSIRO, PO Box 136, North Ryde, Australia, 2113

    K. L. BURNS

  3. Geological Survey Branch, Mines Department of Victoria, 107 Russell Street, Melbourne, Australia, 3000

    B. R. THOMPSON

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HARRINGTON, H., BURNS, K. & THOMPSON, B. Gambier-Beaconsfield and Gambier-Sorell Fracture Zones and the Movement of Plates in the Australia-Antarctica-New Zealand Region. Nature Physical Science 245, 109–112 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci245109a0

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