Refining Rodinia: Geologic evidence for the Australia-Western U.S. Connection in the Proterozoic

GSA Today

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2-7

  Karlstrom, Karl E ^a   Harlan, Stephen S ^a,e   Williams, Michael L ^b   McLelland, James ^c   Geissman, John W ^a   Åhäll, Karl Inge ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAURENTIA; OROGENIC BELT; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EID: 0033389880     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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