The Greater Caucasus - A Galatian or Hanseatic terrane? Comment on "The formation of Pangea" by G.M. Stampfli, C. Hochard, C. Vérard, C. Wilhem and J. von Raumer [Tectonophysics 593 (2013) 1-19]

Tectonophysics

Volumn 608, Issue , 2013, Pages 1442-1444

  Ruban, Dmitry A ^a,b  

^a not available   (Russian Federation)

^b SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Galatian terranes; Greater Caucasus; Hanseatic terranes; Palaeozoic; Plate tectonic reconstruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887819230     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.08.044     Document Type: Note

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