A Cordilleran model for the evolution of Avalonia

Tectonophysics

Volumn 352, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 11-31

  Nance, R Damian ^a   Murphy, J Brendan ^b   Keppie, J Duncan ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arc terranes; Avalonia; North American Cordillera; Supercontinents

Indexed keywords

AVALONIA; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CORDILLERA; GONDWANA; NATURAL ANALOG; PANGAEA; PRECAMBRIAN; RODINIA; SUPERCONTINENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0037194511     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00187-7     Document Type: Article

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