Supercontinent dynamics

Gondwana Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 225-227

  Santosh, M ^a   Zhao, G ^b  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; GONDWANA; SUPERCONTINENT;

EID: 62949087862     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2009.01.008     Document Type: Editorial

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