Configuration of the Late Paleoproterozoic supercontinent Columbia: Insights from radiating mafic dyke swarms

Gondwana Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 395-409

  Hou, Guiting ^a,b   Santosh, M ^c   Qian, Xianglin ^a   Lister, Gordon S ^b   Li, Jianghai ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extension; Giant radiating dyke swarm; North China Craton; Orogenic belts; Supercontinent Columbia

Indexed keywords

CRATON; DIKE SWARM; GEOMETRY; MAFIC ROCK; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

CANADIAN SHIELD; CHINA; INDIA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 48349117624     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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