Pan-Gondwanaland post-collisional extension marked by 650-500 Ma alkaline rocks and carbonatites and related detrital zircons: A review

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-47

  Veevers, J J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

650 500 Ma; alkaline rocks; carbonatites; extension; Gondwanaland; U Pb; zircons

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ROCK; CARBONATITE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRATON; GONDWANA; OROGENY; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; STRESS; SUBDUCTION; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

AFRICA; ANTARCTICA; ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EAST ANTARCTICA; EASTERN GHATS; EURASIA; INDIA; PRINCE CHARLES MOUNTAINS; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34250161293     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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