Review of global 2.1-1.8 Ga orogens: Implications for a pre-Rodinia supercontinent

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 59, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 125-162

  Zhao, Guochun ^a   Cawood, Peter A ^b   Wilde, Simon A ^b   Sun, Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collisional orogen; Cratons; Paleo Mesoproterozoic supercontinent; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRATON; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SUPERCONTINENT;

EID: 0036851649     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(02)00073-9     Document Type: Article

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