Presidential address 2005: Where was Britain in the Palaeozoic?

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-127

  Cocks, L Robin M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avalonia; Britain; Caledonide Orogeny; Gondwana; Iapetus Ocean; Laurentia; Palaeozoic

Indexed keywords

PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

LAURENTIA;

EID: 23944435467     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-7878(05)80003-3     Document Type: Review

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