Palaeozoic palaeogeography: A North Atlantic viewpoint

GFF

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-118

  Torsvik, Trond Helge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Caledonides; North atlantic; Palaeogeography; Palaeomagnetism; Palaeozoic

Indexed keywords

ENTOVALVA; LAURENTIA;

EID: 0000976853     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035899801202109     Document Type: Article

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