Palinspastic (pre-rift and -drift) fit of India and conjugate Antarctica and geological connections across the suture

Gondwana Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-108

  Veevers, J J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Eastern Ghats Rayner Complex; Gondwanaland; India; Lambert Mahanadi Rift; Palinspastic fit

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; OCEANIC CRUST; PASSIVE MARGIN; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; ZIRCON;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 67349123136     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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