The tobago terrane

International Geology Review

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 805-830

  Speed, R C ^a   Smith Horowitz, P L ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN PLATE; CRETACEOUS; LITHOSPHERE; SOUTH AMERICAN PLATE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TERRANE; TERTIARY;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032468990     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206819809465240     Document Type: Article

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