Supercontinents in earth history

Gondwana Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 357-368

  Rogers, John J W ^a   Santosh, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Columbia; Gondwana; Pangea; Rodinia; Supercontinent

Indexed keywords

CRATON; GONDWANA; OROGENIC BELT; RODINIA; SUPERCONTINENT;

EID: 0142030994     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70993-X     Document Type: Article

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