Late Neoproterozoic/Early Palaeozoic events in central Dronning Maud Land and significance for the southern extension of the East African Orogen into East Antarctica

Precambrian Research

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 27-53

  Jacobs, J ^a   Bauer, W ^b   Fanning, C M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

East African Orogen; Neoproterozoic event; Paleozoic event

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; GONDWANA; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

AFRICA; ANTARCTICA; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGICAL ERA; GRANITE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METAMORPHOSIS; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; REVIEW; ROCK;

EID: 0041856785     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00125-6     Document Type: Article

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