European geography in a global context from the Vendian to the end of the Palaeozoic

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 32, Issue , 2006, Pages 83-95

  Cocks, L R M ^a   Torsvik, T H ^b,c,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALONIA; BALTICA; GONDWANA; LAURENTIA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; PANGAEA; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TERRANE; VENDIAN;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33846111679     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.MEM.2006.032.01.05     Document Type: Article

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