Odovician paleogeography and the evolution of the lapetus ocean

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-162

  Niocaill, Conall Mac ^a,b   Van Der Pluijm, Ben A ^a   Van Der Voo, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

APPALACHIAN; ARGENTINA; INTRA-OCEANIC ARC; LAURENTIAN; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETIC DATA; SOUTH AMERICA; PRECORDILLERA;

ANIMALS;

GONDWANA; IAPETUS OCEAN; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; TERRANE; IAPETUS; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PALAEOMAGNETISM;

ARGENTINA; PRECORDILLERA; APPALACHIANS; CANADA; USA;

EID: 0030804724     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0159:opateo>2.3.co;2     Document Type: Article

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