Mesozoic plate tectonic reconstructions of the central South Atlantic Ocean: The role of the West and Central African rift system

Tectonophysics

Volumn 155, Issue 1-4, 1988, Pages 181-191

  Fairhead, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS RIFT SYSTEM; MESOZOIC; PLATE TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTIONS;

AFRICA(CENTRAL); AFRICA(WEST); ATLANTIC(SOUTH);

EID: 0024219884     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(88)90265-X     Document Type: Article

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