New age constraints for Grenville-age metamorphism in western central Dronning Maud Land (East Antarctica), and implications for the palaeogeography of Kalahari in Rodinia

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 301-315

  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

Dronning Maud Land; Grenville; Kalahari; Orogeny; Rodinia

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SHRIMP DATING;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0042919603     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-003-0335-x     Document Type: Article

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