Upper Triassic Pacific vicariance as a test of geological theories

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-211

  Shields, Oakley ^a,b,c,d  

^a San Diego State University ^*  (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Earth expansion; Pacific; Palaeoclimatology; Palaeogeography; Plate tectonics; Upper Triassic; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; TRIASSIC; VICARIANCE;

PACIFIC;

EID: 0031821323     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1998.252179.x     Document Type: Article

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