Lower Palaeozoic evolution of the northeast German Basin/Baltica borderland

Geological Magazine

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 129-142

  McCann, Tommy ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

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CONTINENTAL MARGIN; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PALAEOZOIC; TECTONIC SETTING;

GERMANY;

EID: 0031894331     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756897007863     Document Type: Article

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