Episodicity of Mesozoic terrane accretion along the Pacific margin of Gondwana: Implications for superplume-plate interactions

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 246, Issue , 2005, Pages 143-178

  Vaughan, Alan P M ^a   Livermore, R A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; GONDWANA; MESOZOIC; TERRANE;

ANIMALIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 23844468206     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.246.01.05     Document Type: Review

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