Late Neoproterozoic to Early Palaeozoic palaoegeography of the Holy Cross Mountains (Central Europe): An integrated approach

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 405-423

  Nawrocki, Jerzy ^a   Dunlap, J ^b   Pecskay, Z ^c   Krzeminski L ^a   Zylinska A ^d   Fanning, M ^b   Kozlowski W ^d   Salwa, S ^a   Szczepanik, Z ^a   Trela, W ^a  

^a POLISH GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMISTRY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; TRILOBITE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; SWIETOKRZYSKIE; SWIETOKRZYSKIE MOUNTAINS;

TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 33947426418     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492006-023     Document Type: Article

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