A Palaeozoic Northwest Passage: Incursion of Caledonian, Baltican and Siberan terranes into eastern Panthalassa, and the early evolution of the North American Cordillera

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 318, Issue , 2009, Pages 273-307

  Colpron, Maurice ^a   Nelson, Joanne L ^b  

^a Yukon Geological Survey   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAURENTIA; OCEAN BASIN; PALEOZOIC; PLATE MOTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TERRANE;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA;

EID: 70349216568     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP318.10     Document Type: Review

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