Geology of the High Grade Proterozoic Terrains of Sri Lanka and the Assembly of Gondwana: An Update on Recent Developments

Gondwana Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 237-250

  Mathavan, V ^a   Prame, W K B N ^b   Cooray, P G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Geological Survey and Mines Bureau   (Sri Lanka)

^c NONE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Gondwana; High grade terrains; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GONDWANA; METAMORPHISM; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TERRAIN;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 0006358207     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70148-9     Document Type: Article

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