Evolution of the East African and related orogens, and the assembly of Gondwana

Precambrian Research

Volumn 123, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 81-85

  Kusky, Timothy M ^a   Abdelsalam, Mohamed ^b   Stern, Robert J ^b   Tucker, Robert D ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EDITORIAL; GEOLOGY; PRECAMBRIAN; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH;

EID: 0037526507     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00062-7     Document Type: Editorial

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