Paleozoic supercontinental assembly, mantle flushing, and genesis of the Kiaman Superchron

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 389-402

  Eide, Elizabeth A ^a   Torsvik, Trond H ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Mantle; Pangaea; Plate tectonics; Polar wandering; Reversals; Subduction

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC REVERSAL; KIAMAN SUPERCHRON; MANTLE FLUSHING; PANGAEA; PLATE TECTONICS; SUPERCONTINENT ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0030435822     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00176-8     Document Type: Article

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