A Paleo-Mesoproterozoic supercontinent: Assembly, growth and breakup

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 91-123

  Zhao, Guochun ^a   Sun, Min ^a   Wilde, Simon A ^b   Li, Sanzhong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Accretion; Assembly; Breakup; Paleo Mesoproterozoic; Reconstruction; Supercontinent

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; SUPERCONTINENT;

EID: 11144279125     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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