Sedimentology, geochronology and provenance of the Proterozoic Itremo Group, central Madagascar, and implications for pre-Gondwana palaeogeography

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1009-1024

  Cox, Rónadh ^a   Armstrong, Richard A ^b   Ashwal, Lewis D ^c  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Gondwana; Madagascar; Proterozoic; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0032460678     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.155.6.1009     Document Type: Article

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