The tectonic evolution of the South Atlantic from Late Jurassic to present

Tectonophysics

Volumn 191, Issue 1-2, 1991, Pages 27-53

  Nürnberg, Dirk ^a   Müller, R Dietmar ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; MESOZOIC; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

ATLANTIC, (SOUTH);

EID: 0025995056     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(91)90231-G     Document Type: Article

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