Relation between the Gondwanide Orogen and contemporaneous intracratonic deformation

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 203-213

  Trouw, Rudolph A J ^a,b   De Wit, Maarten J ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; COLLISION ZONE; GONDWANA; OROGENY; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 0032863976     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(99)00024-X     Document Type: Article

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