Scent of a supercontinent: Gondwana's ores as chemical tracers-tin, tungsten and the Neoproterozoic Laurentia-Gondwana connection

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-51

  De Wit, Maarten J ^a   Thiart, Christien ^a   Doucouré, Moctar ^a   Wilsher, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; LAURENTIA; ORE DEPOSIT; RODINIA; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0032862284     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(98)00085-2     Document Type: Article

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