Pre-Cenozoic correlations across the South Atlantic region: 'The ties that bind'

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 294, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-8

  De Wit, Maarten J ^a   De Brito Neves, B B ^b   Trouw, R A J ^c   Pankhurst, R J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CORRELATION; GEODYNAMICS; GONDWANA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 39549121052     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP294.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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