The record of ordovician arc-arc and arc-continent collisions in the canadian appalachians during the closure of iapetus

Frontiers in Earth Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 341-371

  Zagorevski, A ^a   van Staal, C R ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 84871063558     PISSN: 18634621     EISSN: 1863463X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-88558-0_12     Document Type: Article

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