A new perspective on the significance of the Ranotsara shear zone in Madagascar

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1827-1847

  Schreurs, Guido ^a   Giese, Jörg ^a,d   Berger, Alfons ^b   Gnos, Edwin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Institut for Geografi og Geologi   (Denmark)

^c MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apatite fission track dating; East African Orogen; Gondwana; Madagascar; Ranotsara shear zone; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CAMBRIAN; DATA INTERPRETATION; DEFLECTION; FAULTING; FISSION TRACK DATING; GONDWANA; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; OROGENY; PRECAMBRIAN; REMOTE SENSING; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

INDIA; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 78449262326     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-009-0490-9     Document Type: Article

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