Tectonic rotation within the British paratectonic Caledonides and Early Palaeozoic location of the orogen

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-13

  Piper, J D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caledonides; Gondwana; Lower Palaeozoic; Plate tectonics; Rotation

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIDES; ORDOVICIAN; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PLATE TECTONICS; TECTONIC ROTATION;

IRELAND; UK;

EID: 0030802032     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.1.0009     Document Type: Article

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