Paleomagnetic record of Africa and South America for the 1200-500 Ma interval, and evaluation of Rodinia and Gondwana assemblies

Precambrian Research

Volumn 147, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 193-222

  Tohver, Eric ^a   D'Agrella Filho, Manoel S ^a   Trindade, Ricardo I F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Arabia Nubia; Congo; Kalahari; Paleomagnetism; Proterozoic; Rodinia; S o Francisco; West Africa; West Gondwana

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN PLATE; CRATON; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GONDWANA; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; LAURENTIA; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA;

AFRICA; AMAZONIA; ARABIAN PENINSULA; ARABIAN SHIELD; ASIA; BRAZIL; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO; EURASIA; KALAHARI CRATON; MIDDLE EAST; NUBIAN SHIELD; RIO DE LA PLATA; SAO FRANCISCO CRATON; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33744921073     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2006.01.015     Document Type: Article

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