Evolution of the Western Margin of Australia during the Rodinian and Gondwanan Supercontinent Cycles

Gondwana Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 481-499

  Wilde, S A ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gondwanaland; Late Pan African; Leeuwin Complex; Rodinia; Southwestern Australia

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; GONDWANA; GRANITOID; GRANULITE FACIES; METAMORPHISM; OROGENIC BELT; RODINIA; SEDIMENTATION; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0037969521     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70287-2     Document Type: Article

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