Chapter 8 Tectonic Events and Palaeogeographic Evolution of Southwestern Gondwana in the Neoproterozoic and Cambrian

Developments in Precambrian Geology

Volumn 16, Issue C, 2009, Pages 295-316

  Gaucher, Claudio ^a   Frimmel, Hartwig E ^b   Germs, Gerard J B ^c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Brasiliano; Gondwana; Neoproterozoic; Pan African; Rodinia

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749093112     PISSN: 01662635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2635(09)01621-1     Document Type: Review

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