The Argentine Precordillera: A traveler from the Ouachita embayment of North American Laurentia

Science

Volumn 273, Issue 5276, 1996, Pages 752-757

  Thomas, William A ^a   Astini, Ricardo A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; FAUNA; GEOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROCK; SEA;

ARGENTINA (FISH); LAURENTIA;

CAMBRIAN; GONDWANA; LAURENTIA; MICROCONTINENT; ORDOVICIAN; RIFTING;

ARGENTINA, PRECORDILLERA;

EID: 0029663503     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.273.5276.752     Document Type: Review

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