Sri Lanka-Madagascar Gondwana linkage: Evidence for a Pan-African mineral belt

Journal of Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 223-235

  Dissanayake, C B ^a   Chandrajith, Rohana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; MINERALIZATION;

MADAGASCAR; SRI LANKA;

EID: 0032778937     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314342     Document Type: Article

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