A review of the Mesoproterozoic to early Palaeozoic magmatic and tectonothermal history of south-central Africa: Implications for Rodinia and Gondwana

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 433-450

  Johnson, Simon P ^a   Rivers, Toby ^b   De Waele, Bert ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Pan African Orogeny; Rodinia; South central Africa; Tectonic evolution

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; MAGMATISM; PALEOZOIC; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; TECTONICS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18844433628     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764904-028     Document Type: Review

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