Reconstruction and break-out model for the Falkland Islands within Gondwana

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 153-163

  Storey, B C ^a   Curtis, M L ^a   Ferris, J K ^a   Hunter, M A ^a   Livermore, R A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PERMIAN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TRIASSIC;

FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS);

EID: 0033169156     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(99)00086-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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