The North American Cordillera and West European Variscides: Contrasting interpretations of similar mountain systems

Gondwana Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 516-525

  Johnston, Stephen T ^a   Gutierrez Alonso, Gabriel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cordilleran orogen; Lithology; Paleomagnetism; Structure; Tectonics; Variscan orogen

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; FAULT ZONE; GEODYNAMICS; GONDWANA; GRANITE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; OROGENIC BELT; PANGAEA; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA;

EID: 74449088924     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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