Gondwana evolution; its assembly at around 600 Ma

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 330, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 305-315

  Trompette, Roland ^a  

^a CEREGE   (France)

Author keywords

Glaciations; Gondwana; Neoproterozoic; Pan African Brasiliano tectonic cycle and orogeny; Rodinia

Indexed keywords

BRASILIANO OROGENY; GLACIATION; GONDWANA; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

LAURENTIA;

EID: 0034653243     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(00)00125-7     Document Type: Article

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