New age constraints on the Proterozoic/Lower Palaeozoic evolution of Heimefrontfjella, East Antarctica, and its bearing on Rodinia/Gondwana correlations

Terra Antarctica

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 377-389

  Jacobs, J ^a   Hansen, B T ^b   Henjes Kunst, F ^c   Thomas, R J ^d   Weber, K ^b   Bauer, W ^e   Armstrong, R A ^f   Cornell, D H ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Inst F Geol Dynam Lithosphare   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^d Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

^e RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; PALEOZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033508168     PISSN: 11228628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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