What's in a name? The Columbia (Paleopangaea/Nuna) supercontinent

Gondwana Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 987-993

  Meert, Joseph G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Columbia; Nuna; Pangaea; Rodinia; Supercontinent tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858621854     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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