Carpathian peri-Gondwanan terranes in the East Carpathians (Romania): A testimony of an Ordovician, North-African orogeny

Gondwana Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1053-1070

  Balintoni, Ioan ^a   Balica, Constantin ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

East Carpathians; North African orogeny; Ordovician; Peri Gondwanan Carpathian terranes; Tectonics; Variscan orogeny

Indexed keywords

FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GONDWANA; MESOZOIC; NAPPE; ORDOVICIAN; OROGENY; TERRANE;

CARPATHIANS; ROMANIA;

EID: 84873162479     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.07.013     Document Type: Article

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