Current controversies in the Caledonides

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1137-1141

  Tanner, P W G ^a   Bluck, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Orogenesis; Proterozoic; Scotland; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001424084     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.6.1137     Document Type: Article

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