The drift history of Iran from the Ordovician to the Triassic

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 312, Issue , 2009, Pages 7-29

  Muttoni, Giovanni ^a,d   Mattei, Massimo ^b   Balini, Marco ^a   Zanchi, Andrea ^c   Gaetani, Maurizio ^a   Berra, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d ALP Alpine Laboratory of Paleomagnetism   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIFT (GLACIAL DEPOSIT); GONDWANA; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; TETHYS; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

IRVINGIA;

EID: 69949111443     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP312.2     Document Type: Article

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