The Proterozoic supercontinent Rodinia: Paleomagnetically derived reconstructions for 1100 to 800 Ma

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 13-24

  Weil, Arlo B ^a   Van Der Voo, Rob ^a   Mac Niocaill, Conall ^a   Meert, Joseph G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental drift; Paleomagnetism; Reconstruction; Upper Proterozoic

Indexed keywords

PALAEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA;

EID: 0031826160     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00127-1     Document Type: Article

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