Consolidation of the American Cordilleras

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 1994, Pages 241-262

  Coney, P J ^a   Evenchick, C A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; MESOZOIC; OROGENESIS; PLATE MOTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0028579213     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-9811(94)90011-6     Document Type: Article

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