Restoring the supercontinent Columbia and tracing its fragments after its breakup: A new configuration and a Super-Horde hypothesis

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 166-175

  Yakubchuk, Alexander ^a,b  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Granulite Super Horde; Supercontinent Columbia; Supercontinent Rodinia; Tectonic reconstructions

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CRATON; GRANULITE; OROGENY; RECONSTRUCTION; RODINIA; SPREADING CENTER; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 77954657074     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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