Tearing up Rodinia: The neoproterozoic palaeogeography of South American cratonic fragments

Terra Nova

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 350-359

  Cordani, U G ^a   D'Agrella Filho, M S ^a   Brito Neves, B B ^a   Trindade, R I F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CRATON; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0142089871     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.2003.00506.x     Document Type: Article

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