The Early Palaeozoic geography of Europe

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-10

  Cocks, L R M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; Lower Palaeozoic; Palaeogeography; Terranes

Indexed keywords

BALTICA; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; GONDWANA; LAURENTIA; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; SUPERCONTINENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 0343339913     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.157.1.1     Document Type: Article

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