The assembly of Gondwana 800-550 Ma

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 223-235

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

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; GONDWANA; OROGENY; PHANEROZOIC; SUPERCONTINENT;

EID: 0030725007     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0264-3707(96)00046-4     Document Type: Article

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