Tectonic constraints on 1.3~1.2 Ga final breakup of Columbia supercontinent from a giant radiating dyke swarm

Gondwana Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 561-566

  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

Columbia supercontinent; Final breakup; Giant radiating mafic dyke swarm; Late Mesoproterozoic; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; DIKE SWARM; MANTLE PLUME; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALIA; CANADIAN SHIELD; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 48349120480     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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