A commentary on the tectono-sedimentary record of the pre-2.0 Ga continental growth of India vis-a-vis a possible pre-Gondwana Afro-Indian supercontinent

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 201-217

  Mazumder, Rajat ^a   Bose, Pradip K ^b   Sarkar, Subir ^b  

^a ASUTOSH COLLEGE   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATON; GONDWANA; RIFTING; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SUPERCONTINENT; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

AFRICA; INDIA;

EID: 0034143827     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(00)00016-6     Document Type: Article

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