Contiguous Laurentia and Baltica before the Grenvillian-Sveconorwegian orogeny?

Terra Nova

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-181

  Romer, Rolf L ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALTICA; COLLISION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRENVILLIAN- SVECONORWEGIAN OROGENY; LAURENTIA; PLATE TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; PROTEROZOIC;

EID: 0029774534     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1996.tb00741.x     Document Type: Article

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