Edge tectonics (trench rollback, terrane export) of Gondwanaland-Pangea synchronized by supercontinental heat

Gondwana Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 449-456

  Veevers, John J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breakup; Gondwanaland; Pangea; Rollback; Terranes

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; BACKARC BASIN; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; GONDWANA; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONICS; TERRANE;

EID: 27644592632     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71147-3     Document Type: Article

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