Opening Iapetus: Constraints from the Laurentian margin in Newfoundland

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 443-453

  Cawood, P A ^a   McCausland, P J A ^a   Dunning, G R ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Appalachian Caledonian; Paleogeography; Paleomagnetism; Precordillera; Tectonics; U Pb

Indexed keywords

MAGMATISM;

DATA ACQUISITION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION;

GEOLOGY;

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; IAPETUS; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONICS; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

EID: 84879879723     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2001)113<0443:OICFTL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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