Tectono-metamorphic history of Neoproterozoic rocks in eastern Eritrea

Precambrian Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 83-105

  Ghebreab, W ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

East African Orogen; Geothermobarometry; Gondwana; Isostatic root recovery; Neoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; METAMORPHISM; P-T CONDITIONS; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONICS;

ERITREA;

EID: 0033403695     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(99)00040-6     Document Type: Article

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