Towards a high resolution late palaeoproterozoic - earliest mesoproterozoic apparent polar wander path for northern australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 405-429

  Idnurm, M ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apparent polar wander path; Mcarthur basin; Mt isa inlier; Palaeomagnetism; Palaeoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; PALEOMAGNETISM; POLAR WANDERING; PROTEROZOIC;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033912222     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2000.00788.x     Document Type: Article

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