Spatio-temporal evolution of the Satpura Mountain Belt of India: A comparison with the Capricorn Orogen of Western Australia and implication for evolution of the supercontinent Columbia

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 241-267

  Mohanty, S ^a  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

Author keywords

Capricorn Orogeny; Paleoproterozoic; Satpura Orogeny; Supercontinent

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRATON; FORMATION MECHANISM; GRENVILLIAN OROGENY; MOUNTAIN REGION; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; RODINIA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH; SATPURA RANGE; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 84860265140     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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