Accretion of first Gondwana-derived terranes at the margin of Baltica

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 201, Issue , 2002, Pages 19-36

  Belka, Z ^a   Valverde Vaquero, P ^b,c   Dorr W ^c   Ahrendt, H ^d   Wemmer, K ^d   Franke, W ^c   Schafer J ^c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BALTICA; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; GONDWANA; PALEOZOIC; RODINIA; SUPERCONTINENT; SUTURE ZONE; TERRANE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0037004938     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2002.201.01.02     Document Type: Article

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