Paleomagnetic and 40Ar/39Ar study of the Sinyai Dolerite, Kenya: Implications for Gondwana assembly

Journal of Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-142

  Meert, Joseph G ^a   Van Der Voo, Rob ^a,b  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 1006 CC Little Bldg ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; GONDWANA; KUUNGA OROGENY; PALAEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

KENYA;

EID: 0029731199     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/629810     Document Type: Article

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