Estimates of the Earth's spin (geographic) axis relative to Gondwana from glacial sediments and paleomagnetism

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 161-179

  Smith, Alan ^a,b  

^a Department of Earth Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Ice ages; Ordovician; Paleomagnetism; Paleozoic; Permo Carboniferous; Tillites

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; GLACIATION; GONDWANA; ORDOVICIAN; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PERMIAN; PLANETARY ROTATION;

EID: 0030731367     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-8252(96)00047-5     Document Type: Article

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