Reconstruction of a pre-Rodinia supercontinent: New advances and perspectives

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 47, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 1585-1588

  Zhao, Guochun ^a   Sun, Min ^a   Wilde, S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; COLOMBIA; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GEOLOGY; REVIEW; SEDIMENT;

EID: 0036813149     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02tb9348     Document Type: Review

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