The tooth of time: The north American cordillera from Tanya Atwater to Karin Sigloch

Geoscience Canada

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 71-93

  Hoffman, Paul F ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORDILLERA; MANTLE; METALLOGENESIS; TECTONIC PLATE; TECTONICS;

NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA;

EID: 84884303070     PISSN: 03150941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12789/geocanj.2013.40.009     Document Type: Article

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