Paleomagnetic constraints on the rodinia supercontinent: Implications for its neoproterozoic break-up and the formation of gondwana

International Geology Review

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-188

  D'agrella Filho, Manoel S ^a   Trindade, Ricardo I F ^a   Siqueira, Roberto ^a   Ponte Neto, Cosme F ^a   Pacca, Igor I G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA;

EID: 0031815242     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206819809465205     Document Type: Article

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