Ediacaran terrane accretion within the Arabian-Nubian Shield

Gondwana Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 341-352

  Cox, Grant M ^a   Lewis, Christopher J ^a   Collins, Alan S ^a   Halverson, Galen P ^a,d   Jourdan, Fred ^c   Foden, John ^a   Nettle, David ^a   Kattan, Fayek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SAUDI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arabian Nubian Shield; Ediacaran; Gondwana; Mozambique Ocean; Saudi Arabia; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856236317     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.02.011     Document Type: Article

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