Not all supercontinents are created equal: Gondwana-rodinia case study

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 795-798

  Spencer, Christopher J ^a   Hawkesworth, Chris ^a   Cawood, Peter A ^a   Dhuime, Bruno ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLIDING PLATES; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEODYNAMIC MODELS; ISOTOPE RATIO; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; SR ISOTOPE RATIO; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SUPERCONTINENTS;

GEODYNAMICS; SEAWATER; SILICATE MINERALS;

ISOTOPES;

CONTINENTAL ARC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FORMATION MECHANISM; GONDWANA; HAFNIUM; ISLAND ARC; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LITHOLOGY; OROGENY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; RODINIA; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUTURE ZONE; TERRAIN; ZIRCON;

EID: 84880307857     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G34520.1     Document Type: Article

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