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Title

Early Palaeozoic peri-Gondwana terranes : new insights from tectonics and biogeography / edited by M.G. Bassett.

Publication

London : Geological Society, 2009.

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Additional Authors

Bassett, Michael G.

Description

287 p. : ill., maps (some col.); 26 cm.

Summary

Explores the tectonic, palaeogeographical and palaeobiogeographical evolution of the elements that made up the peri-Gondwanan collage.

Series Statement

Geological Society special publication, 0305-8719 ; no. 325

Uniform Title

Geological Society special publication no. 325.

Subject

• From 230 to 570 million years ago
• Paleontology > Paleozoic
• Geology, Stratigraphic > Paleozoic
• Gondwana (Continent)

Genre/Form

Konferenzschrift – 2007 – London.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Early palaeozoic peri-Gondwana terranes: new insights from tectonics and biogeography / M.G. Bassett -- The lower palaeozoic palaeogeographical evolution of the northeastern and eastern peri-Gondwanan margin from Turkey to New Zealand / T.H. Torsvik and L.R.M. Cocks -- Gondwanan faunal signatures from early palaeozoic terranes of Kazakhstan and central Asia: evidence and tectonic implications / L.E. Popov [and others] -- The 'microcontinent' Perunica: status and story 15 years after conception / O. Fatka and M. Mergl -- Avalonia, Armorica, Perunica: terranes, microcontinents, microplates or palaeobiogeographical provinces? / T. Servais and M. Sintubin -- Late ordovician carbonate productivity and glaciomarine record under quiescent and active extensional tectonics in NE Spain / J.J. Álvaro and B. Van Vliet-Lanoë -- Avalonia: a long-lived terrane in the lower Palaeozoic? / L.R.M. Cocks and R.A. Fortey -- Ordovician life around the Celtic fringes: diversifications, extinctions and migrations of brachiopod and trilobite faunas at middle latitudes / D.A.T. Harper, A.W. Owen and D.L. Bruton -- The tectonic context of the early palaeozoic southern margin of Gondwana / R.J. Pankhurst and A.P.M. Vaughan -- Enigmatic fossils from the upper silurian of Bolivia: evidence for marine productivity in high-latitude Gondwana / D. Edwards [and others] -- Cambrian and ordovician biogeography of the South American margin of Gondwana and accreted terranes / J.L. Benedetto [and others] -- Plant assemblages from SW Gondwana: further evidence for high-latitude vegetation in the devonian of Argentina / D. Edwards [and others] -- Early palaeozoic cooling events: peri-Gondwana and beyond / L. Cherns and J.R. Wheeley.

ISBN

• 1862392862
• 9781862392861

OCLC

• 506011325
• SCSB-10312886

Owning Institutions

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