Baltica from the late Precambrian to mid-Palaeozoic times: The gain and loss of a terrane's identity

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 39-66

  Cocks, L Robin M ^a,b   Torsvik, Trond H ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Avalonia; Baltica; Cambrian; Iapetus Ocean; Ordovician; Paleogeography; Silurian

Indexed keywords

BALTICA; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SUPERCONTINENT;

BRACHIOPODA; LAURENTIA; SCANDIA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 23944477426     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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