A Maastrichtian palaeomagnetic pole for the Pacific plate from a skewness analysis of marine magnetic anomaly 32

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 227-247

  Petronotis, Katerina E ^a   Gordon, Richard G ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalous skewness; Apparent polar wander; Hotspots; Marine magnetic anomalies; Pacific plate; Palaeomagnetic poles

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; MAASTRICHTIAN; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; PACIFIC PLATE; PALEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 0033376124     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00901.x     Document Type: Article

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