Arabian Sea - The Prime Witness to the Drama of India-Madagascar-Seychelles Separation

Gondwana Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 792-793

  Subrahmanya, K R ^a  

^a MANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; REGIONAL GEOLOGY;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MADAGASCAR; SEYCHELLES;

EID: 0347238060     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70575-X     Document Type: Article

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