Palaeozoic accretion of Gondwana-derived terranes to the East European Craton: Recognition of detached terrane fragments dispersed after collision with promontories

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 32, Issue , 2006, Pages 323-332

  Winchester, J A ^a   Pharaoh, T C ^b   Verniers, J ^c   Ioane, D ^d   Seghedi, A ^e  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^e GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF ROMANIA   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ACCRETIONARY PRISM; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRATON; FRAGMENTATION; PALEOZOIC; PLATE MOTION; PROTEROZOIC; RIFTING; SOURCE ROCK; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; THRUST;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33846069734     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.MEM.2006.032.01.19     Document Type: Article

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