An outline of the palaeogeographic evolution of the Australasian region since the beginning of the Neoproterozoic

Earth Science Reviews

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 237-277

  Li, Z X ^a   Powell, C Mca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australasia; Gondwanaland; Neoproterozoic; Paleogeography; Phanerozoic; Rodinia

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PHANEROZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA;

AUSTRALASIA;

EID: 0035008950     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(00)00021-0     Document Type: Article

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