Near-Laurentian paleogeography of the Lawrence Head volcanics of central Newfoundland, northern Appalachians

Tectonophysics

Volumn 263, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 107-121

  Todaro, S M ^a   Stamatakos, J ^a   Van Der Pluijm, B A ^a   Van Der Voo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IAPETUS; LAURENTIA; ORDOVICIAN; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PALAEOMAGNETISM; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CANADA, NEWFOUNDLAND, APPALACHIANS;

EID: 0030437315     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00021-2     Document Type: Article

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