Late Silurian and Early Devonian stratigraphy and probable strike-slip tectonics in northwestern Spitsbergen

Geological Magazine

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 459-479

  Friend, P F ^a   Harland, W B ^a   Rogers, D A ^b   Snape, I ^c   Thornley, R S W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Edinburgh ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; SILURIAN; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

SVALBARD, SPITSBERGEN;

EID: 0031439979     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756897007231     Document Type: Article

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