Neoproterozoic to Early Ordovician Evolution of the Paleo-Asian Ocean: Implications to the break-up of Rodinia

Gondwana Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-159

  Dobretsov, Nikolay L ^a   Buslov, Mikhail M ^a   Vernikovsky, Valery A ^a  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Accretionary and orogenic belts; Paleo Asian Ocean; Rodinia; Tectonic evolution

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; GABBRO; ISLAND ARC; MIGMATITE; ORDOVICIAN; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SUBDUCTION; TRONDHJEMITE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

EID: 0142031007     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70966-7     Document Type: Article

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