Gondwana: Its shape, size and position from Cambrian to Triassic times

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-97

  Smith, A G ^a  

^a Department of Geology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; GONDWANA; JURASSIC; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHANEROZOIC;

EID: 0032846196     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(99)00020-2     Document Type: Article

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