The palaeozoic palaeogeography of central Gondwana

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 357, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 137-166

  Torsvik, Trond H ^a,b,c   Cocks, L Robin M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; AVALONIA; CRATON; GLACIATION; GONDWANA; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; KAROO SUPERGROUP; OROGENY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; PLEISTOCENE; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; SOURCE ROCK;

ALGERIA; ANTARCTICA; ARABIAN PENINSULA; EAST ANTARCTICA; INDIA; MADAGASCAR; MOROCCO; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH POLE;

EID: 84055176491     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP357.8     Document Type: Article

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