Late cretaceous India-Madagascar fit and timing of break-up related magmatism

Terra Nova

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 220-224

  Torsvik, T H ^a,g   Tucker, R D ^b   Ashwal, L D ^c   Carter, L M ^c   Jamtveit, B ^d   Vidyadharan, K T ^e   Venkataramana, P ^f  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e Geological Survey of India   (India)

^f Geological Survey of India   (India)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MAGMATISM; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

INDIA; MADAGASCAR; ST.MARY ISLANDS;

EID: 0034547193     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.2000.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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