The East African Orogen: New Zircon and Nd Ages and Implications for Rodinia and Gondwana Supercontinent Formation and Dispersal

Gondwana Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 179-181

  Kroner A ^a   Collins, A S ^b   Hegner, E ^c   Willner, A P ^d   Muhongo, S ^e   Kehelpannala, K V W ^f  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^f INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; OROGENIC BELT; RODINIA; SUPERCONTINENT; ZIRCON;

EAST AFRICA;

EID: 0141869815     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70685-7     Document Type: Article

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