African, southern Indian and South American cratons were not part of the Rodinia supercontinent: Evidence from field relationships and geochronology

Tectonophysics

Volumn 375, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 325-352

  Kröner, Alfred ^a   Cordani, Umberto ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

African cratons; Gondwana; Grenville age belt; Irumide age belt; Kibaran age belt; Rodinia; South American cratons; Southern India; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLATE TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SUPERCONTINENT;

AFRICA; INDIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0142129547     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00344-5     Document Type: Article

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