A new model for the Hercynian Orogen of Gondwanan France and Iberia

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 757-776

  Shelley, David ^a   Bossière, Gérard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GONDWANA; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

FRANCE; PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

EID: 0343239105     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(00)00007-9     Document Type: Article

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