Growing Gondwana and Rethinking Rodinia: A Paleomagnetic Perspective

Gondwana Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 279-288

  Meert, Joseph G ^a,b  

^a Norwegian Geological Survey   (Norway)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Paleomagnetic data; Rodinia; Supercontinent; SWEAT fit

Indexed keywords

FORMATION MECHANISM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA;

EID: 0000050807     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70329-4     Document Type: Article

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