The palaeogeography of early Ordovician Iapetus terranes: An integration of faunal and palaeomagnetic constraints

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 297-312

  Harper, D A T ^a   Mac Niocaill, C ^a   Williams, S H ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHIOPOD; FAUNAL PROVINCE; IAPETUS; ORDOVICIAN; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PALAEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 0029750518     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(95)00079-8     Document Type: Article

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