Early Proterozoic tectonothermal events in the Napier Complex, East Antarctica: Implications for the formation of East Gondwana

Gondwana Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 231-240

  Owada, M ^a   Osanai, Y ^b   Toyoshima, T ^c   Tsunogae, T ^d   Hokada, T ^e   Crowe, W A ^f   Kagami, H ^c  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

East Gondwana; Napier Complex; Proterozoic; Retrograde metamorphism; Sm Nd garnet age

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DIKE; GARNET; GNEISS; GONDWANA; PROTEROZOIC; THOLEIITE; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM;

AUSTRALIA; EASTERN GHATS; INDIA; NAPIER RANGE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0142062938     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70972-2     Document Type: Article

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