Positions of the East Asian cratons in the Neoproterozoic supercontinent Rodinia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 593-604

  Li, Z X ^a   Powell, C McA ^a   Zhang, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; Australia; China; Gondwanaland; Laurentia; Neoproterozoic; Rodinia; Tarim; Tectonics; Tectonostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; GONDWANA; LAURENTIA; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0030437485     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099608728281     Document Type: Article

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