The Palaeozoic evolution in the Alps: From Gondwana to Rangea

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 407-435

  Von Raumer, J F ^a  

^a University of Perolles   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alps; Gondwana active margin; Ordovician orogenic event; Palaeozoic evolution; Peri gondwanan terrane; Pre permian basement; Variscan collision

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EID: 54749104287     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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