Avalonian and related peri-Gondwanan terranes of the circum-North Atlantic: An introduction

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 304, Issue , 1996, Pages 1-7

  Nance, R Damian ^a   Thompson, Margaret D ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALONIA; GONDWANA; TERRANE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84870823153     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2304-3.1     Document Type: Review

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