The Tasman Line: Where is it, what is it, and is it Australia's Rodinian breakup boundary?

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 491-502

  Direen, N G ^a   Crawford, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Rodinia; Ross Delamerian Orogeny; Tasman Line; Tasmanides

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; GONDWANA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; PLATE TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0242405563     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2003.01005.x     Document Type: Article

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