Cenozoic dynamics of the African plate with emphasis on the Africa-Eurasia collision

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B4, 1999, Pages 7405-7418

  Meijer, P Th ^a   Wortel, M J R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; GEODYNAMICS; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0033541416     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900009     Document Type: Article

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