Africa: Pan-African Orogeny

Encyclopedia of Geology

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1-12

  Kroner A ^a   Stern, R J ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALIA; CRUSTAL BLOCK; NEOPROTEROZOIC; OROGENIC BELTS; OROGENIC CYCLES; PALAEOZOIC; SOUTH AMERICA; TECTONO-THERMAL EVENT;

TECTONICS;

EID: 85062461854     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-369396-9/00431-7     Document Type: Chapter

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