The break-up of Rodinia, birth of Gondwana, true polar wander and the snowball Earth

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-33

  Hoffman, Paulf ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; GONDWANA; PLATE TECTONICS; POLAR WANDERING; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SUPERCONTINENT;

EID: 0032826097     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-5362(99)00018-4     Document Type: Article

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