Late Devonian palinspastic reconstruction of the Avalon-Meguma terrane boundary: Implications for terrane accretion and basin development in the Appalachian orogen

Tectonophysics

Volumn 284, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 221-231

  Murphy, J Brendan ^a   Keppie, J Duncan ^b  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Appalachian orogen; Late Palaeozoic; Terrane reconstruction

Indexed keywords

APPALACHIAN OROGEN; PALINSPASTIC RECONSTRUCTION; TERRANE ACCRETION;

CANADA;

EID: 0031859852     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00177-7     Document Type: Article

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