A Damara orogen perspective on the assembly of southwestern Gondwana

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 294, Issue , 2008, Pages 257-278

  Gray, D R ^a,b   Foster, D A ^c   Meert, J G ^c   Goscombe, B D ^d   Armstrong, R ^e   Trouw, R A J ^f   Passchier, C W ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Geostructures Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^g JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRATON; DEFORMATION; FORELAND BASIN; GONDWANA; METAMORPHISM; PALEOMAGNETISM; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY; SUPERCONTINENT; THRUST;

AFRICA; DAMARA BELT; KAOKO BELT; MOZAMBIQUE; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ADAMASTOR;

EID: 39549090401     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP294.14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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