West African proximity of the Avalon terrane in the latest Precambrian

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1161-1170

  McNamara, A K ^a   Niocaill, C M ^a   van der Pluijm, B A ^a   Van der Voo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachians; Paleogeography; Paleomagnetism; Precambrian; Terranes

Indexed keywords

PALEOMAGNETIC RESULTS;

ROCKS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AVALONIA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PRECAMBRIAN; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

AFRICA; CANADA;

EID: 84879890851     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2001)113<1161:WAPOTA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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