Anatomy of a Cambrian suture in Gondwana: Pacific-type orogeny in southern India?

Gondwana Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 321-341

  Santosh, M ^a   Maruyama, Shigenori ^b   Sato, Kei ^b  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arc magmatism; Collision; Extrusion; Gondwana; Orogeny; Pacific type; Plate tectonics; Southern India; Subduction

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GONDWANA; MAFIC ROCK; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; PASSIVE MARGIN; PLATE TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

INDIA;

EID: 67650899222     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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