Pan-African events in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica, and their implications for East Gondwana tectonics

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 206, Issue , 2003, Pages 231-245

  Zhao, Y ^a   Liu, X H ^b   Liu, X C ^a   Song, B ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; GONDWANA; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; RABIES; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0038639683     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.206.01.12     Document Type: Article

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