Pan-African is Pan-Gondwanaland: Oblique convergence drives rotation during 650-500 Ma assembly

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 501-504

  Veevers, J J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

650 500 Ma; Assembly; Gondwanaland; Oblique convergence; Rotation

Indexed keywords

OCEAN FLOOR;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CAMBRIAN; CONVERGENT MARGIN; GONDWANA; OBLIQUITY; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONIC ROTATION;

EID: 0037488594     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0501:PIPOCD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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