Tectonic overview of the West Gondwana margin

Gondwana Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-162

  Vaughan, Alan P M ^a   Pankhurst, Robert J ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accretionary orogen; Laurentia; Palaeozoic; Rodinia; Terrane

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRATON; GONDWANA; OROGENY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 38949188553     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2007.07.004     Document Type: Review

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