Late Paleozoic granitoid Gneisses of northeastern Venezuela and the North America-Gondwana collision zone

Journal of Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 457-470

  Speed, R C ^a   Sharp, Warren D ^a,b   Foland, K A ^a,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEFORMATION; GNEISS; METAMORPHISM; SCHIST;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TRINIDAD; VENEZUELA, PARIA PENINSULA;

EID: 0031447068     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515939     Document Type: Article

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