The fit of the continents around the North Atlantic Ocean* * Contribution No. 470 of the Département Scientifique, Centre Océanologique de Bretagne.

Tectonophysics

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 1977, Pages 169-209

  Le Pichon, Xavier ^a   Sibuet, Jean Claude ^b   Francheteau, Jean ^b  

^a Centre National pour l'Exploitation des Océans 75G16 ParisFrance ^*

^b Centre Oceanologique de Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY;

GEOLOGY;

EID: 0017472540     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(77)90210-4     Document Type: Article

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