Has the East African Orogen Played Any Role in the Formation and Breakup of the Supercontinent Rodinia and the Amalgamation of Gondwana? New Evidence from Field Relationship and Isotopic Data

Gondwana Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 669-671

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

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; GONDWANA; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OROGENY; RODINIA; SUPERCONTINENT;

EAST AFRICA;

EID: 0142061435     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70465-2     Document Type: Article

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