Gondwana from top to base in space and time

Gondwana Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 999-1030

  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

Gondwana; Large igneous provinces; Palaeogeography; Pangea assembly and breakup; Plume generation zones

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRATON; GONDWANA; MANTLE PLUME; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883764825     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2013.06.012     Document Type: Review

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