Rifting during separation of Eastern Avalonia from Gondwana: Evidence from subsidence analysis

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 203-206

  Prigmore, Joanne K ^a,b   Butler, Andrew J ^a   Woodcock, Nigel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEPARATION; VOLCANOES;

BACK-ARC; CAMBRIANS; EARLY CAMBRIANS; ORDOVICIAN; SUBSIDENCE CURVE; TRANSTENSION; VOLCANIC ARC;

SUBSIDENCE;

AVALONIA; BACKARC BASIN; CADOMIAN OROGENY; CAMBRIAN; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GONDWANA; PLATE TECTONICS; RIFTING; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSTENSION; TREMADOCIAN; ORDOVICIAN;

ENGLAND; UK; WALES;

EID: 0030852778     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0203:RDSOEA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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