The Kalahari Craton during the assembly and dispersal of Rodinia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 142-158

  Jacobs, J ^a   Pisarevsky, S ^b,c   Thomas, R J ^d   Becker, T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Kalahari Craton; Palaeomagnetism; Rodinia; Supercontinent

Indexed keywords

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DISPERSAL; GONDWANA; LAURENTIA; OROGENIC BELT; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; RODINIA;

AFRICA; ANTARCTICA; KALAHARI CRATON; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 36248943009     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.04.022     Document Type: Article

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