Modeling Cenozoic sedimentation in the central equatorial Pacific and implications for true polar wander

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 17749-17766

  Mitchell, Neil C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE MOTION; POLAR WANDERING; SEDIMENTATION;

(EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032504738     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb01577     Document Type: Article

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