Ordovician arc collision and foredeep evolution in the Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec: The Taconic Orogeny in Canada and its bearing on the Grampian Orogeny in Scotland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 393-400

  Prave, A R ^a   Kessler II, L G ^b   Malo, M ^c   Bloechl, W V ^d   Riva, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b MARATHON OIL COMPANY   (United States)

^c CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caledonian Orogeny; Cloridorme Formation; Gaspe Peninsula; Grampian Orogeny; Taconic Orogeny

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; COLLISION ZONE; ISLAND ARC; ORDOVICIAN; TACONIC OROGENY;

CANADA; GASPE PENINSULA; QUEBEC;

EID: 0034108388     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.157.2.393     Document Type: Article

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