Ca. 750-1100 Ma magmatic events and Grenville-age deformation in Sri Lanka: Relevance for Rodinia supercontinent formation and dispersal, and Gondwana amalgamation

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 279-300

  Kroner A ^a,b   Kehelpannala, K V W ^b   Hegner, E ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gondwana; High grade metamorphism; Island arc formation; Nd isotopes; Rodinia; Zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; GONDWANA; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; MAGMATISM; RODINIA; SUPERCONTINENT;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 0242297881     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(03)00060-9     Document Type: Article

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