From closure of the Mozambique Ocean to gondwana breakup: New evidence from geochronological data of the Vohibory terrane, Southwest Madagascar

Journal of Geology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-38

  Emmel, B ^a,b   Jons N ^a,c,d   Kroner A ^a,d   Jacobs, J ^a,b   Wartho, J A ^a,e,f   Schenk, V ^a,c   Razakamanana, T ^a,g   Austegard, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g Universite de Toliara   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CARBONIFEROUS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; JURASSIC; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; TERRANE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; TRIASSIC;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 38949124722     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/524121     Document Type: Article

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