Continental break-up and collision in the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic - A tale of Baltica and Laurentia

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 229-258

  Torsvik, Trond H ^a   Smethurst, Mark A ^a   Meert, Joseph G ^b   Van Der Voo, Rob ^c   McKerrow, W Stuart ^e   Brasier, Martin D ^e   Sturt, Brian A ^a   Walderhaug, Herald J ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALTICA; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; GEODYNAMICS; LAURENTIA; PALAEOZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0029749919     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-8252(96)00008-6     Document Type: Article

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