Subduction, mega-shear systems and Late Palaeozoic basin development in the African segment of Gondwana

Geologische Rundschau

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 632-646

  Visser, J N J ^a   Praekelt, H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African basins; Falkland Islands; Gondwana tectonics; Late Palaeozoic geography; Madagascar; Palaeo Pacific margin

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PERMIAN; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AFRICA; FALKLAND ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0030440440     PISSN: 00167835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02440101     Document Type: Article

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