The Saharan Metacraton

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 119-136

  Abdelsalam, Mohamed G ^a   Liégeois, Jean Paul ^b   Stern, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATON; PLATE TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0036527634     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(02)00013-1     Document Type: Review

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