A paleomagnetic analysis of Cambrian true polar wander

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 131-144

  Meert, Joseph G ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambrian; Paleomagnetism; Polar wandering; Upper Proterozoic

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; CAMBRIAN; PALEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 0033617502     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00042-4     Document Type: Article

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