Restoring pan-African-Brasiliano connections: More Gondwana control, less Trans-Atlantic corruption

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 294, Issue , 2008, Pages 399-412

  De Wit, Maarten J ^a,b   Stankiewicz, J ^b   Reeves, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c Earthworks BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEODYNAMICS; GONDWANA; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; STRAIN; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 39549087207     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP294.20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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