Evaporitic constraints on the southward drifting of the western Gondwana margin during Early Cambrian times

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 105-122

  Alvaro J J ^a   Rouchy, J M ^b   Bechstadt T ^c   Boucot, A ^d   Boyer, F ^e   Debrenne, F ^f   Moreno Eiris, E ^g   Perejon A ^g   Vennin, E ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^g Universidad Complutense de Madrid CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Evaporites; Lower Cambrian; Palaeogeography; Petrography; W Gondwana

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; CAMBRIAN; CONTINENTAL DRIFT; EVAPORITE; GONDWANA; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY;

GALLUS GALLUS; PSEUDOMORPHA;

EID: 0034237545     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00061-4     Document Type: Article

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