Development of the Arabian-Nubian Shield: Perspectives on accretion and deformation in the northern East African Orogen and the assembly of Gondwana

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 206, Issue , 2003, Pages 289-325

  Johnson, Peter R ^a   Woldehaimanot, Beraki ^b  

^a SAUDI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATON; GONDWANA; PROTEROZOIC; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AFRICA; RED SEA;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 0038603201     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.206.01.15     Document Type: Article

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