Break Up of Australia-India-Madagascar Block, Opening of the Indian Ocean and Continental Accretion in Southeast Asia with Special Reference to the Characteristics of the Peri-Indian Collision Zones

Gondwana Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 425-443

  Acharyya, S K ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Asian continental collage; Collision zones; Gondwana break up; Indian Ocean opening; Magmatism

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CRETACEOUS; GONDWANA; INDIAN PLATE; MAGMATISM; TECTONIC SETTING;

AUSTRALIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0142061751     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70753-X     Document Type: Article

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