Vestiges of the mesoproterozoic events in the neoproterozoic mozambique belt: The East African perspective in the Rodinia Puzzle

Gondwana Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 409-416

  Muhongo, Sospeter ^a   Hauzenberger, Christoph ^b   Sommer, Holger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Kibaran; Mozambique belt; Rodinia

Indexed keywords

MAGMATISM; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SUPERCONTINENT;

MOZAMBIQUE BELT;

EID: 0142126216     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70995-3     Document Type: Article

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