Evolution of the Rheic Ocean

2009/08/30 by R. Damian Nance, Gabriel Gutiérrez‐Alonso, Gabriel Gutiérrez-Alonso +8 · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Baltica #Carboniferous #Devonian #Fibrous joint #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Geology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Gondwana #Laurentia #Ordovician #Orogeny #Paleontology #Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils #Paleozoic #Pangaea #Passive margin #Permian #Rift #Subduction #Tectonics #Terrane

paper · doi:10.1016/j.gr.2009.08.001

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Cited by

• A paleogeographical review of the peri-Gondwanan realm of the Appalachian orogen1This article is one of a series of papers published in this CJES Special Issue: In honour of Ward Neale on the theme of Appalachian and Grenvillian geology.
• Rheic Ocean [wikipedia]