Proterozoic tectonostratigraphy and paleogeography of central Madagascar derived from detrital zircon U-Pb age populations

Journal of Geology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 379-399

  Cox, Rónadh ^a   Coleman, Drew S ^a,b   Chokel, Carla B ^a   DeOreo, Stephen B ^a   Wooden, Joseph L ^a,c   Collins, Alan S ^a,d   De Waele, Bert ^a,e   Kröner, Alfred ^a,f  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; ZIRCON;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 4544253776     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/421070     Document Type: Article

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