A review of the evolution of the Mozambique Belt and implications for the amalgamation and dispersal of Rodinia and Gondwana

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 206, Issue , 2003, Pages 401-425

  Grantham, G H ^a   Maboko, M ^b   Eglington, B M ^a  

^a Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; GONDWANA; METAMORPHISM; OROGENIC BELT; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EID: 0037707379     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.206.01.19     Document Type: Article

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