The margins of Avalonia

Geological Magazine

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 627-636

  Cocks, L R M ^a   Mckerrow, W S ^b   Van Staal, C R ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALONIA; CAMBRIAN; GONDWANA; ORDOVICIAN; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0031430748     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756897007425     Document Type: Article

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