Terrane accretion and dispersal in the northern Gondwana margin. An Early Paleozoic analogue of a long-lived active margin

Tectonophysics

Volumn 365, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 221-232

  Gutierrez Alonso G ^a   Fernandez Suarez J ^b   Jeffries, T E ^c   Jenner, G A ^d   Tubrett, M N ^d   Cox, R ^d   Jackson, S E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cadomia; Detrital zircon; Gondwanan margin; Iberia; Laser ablation ICP MS; U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

AVALONIA; GONDWANA; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; PLATE BOUNDARY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; ZIRCON;

EUROPE; IBERIA;

EID: 0037693897     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00023-4     Document Type: Article

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