Significance of palaeomagnetic data from the oceanic Poya Terrane, New Caledonia, for SW Pacific tectonic models

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 177, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 153-161

  Ali, Jason R ^a   Aitchison, Jonathan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Indo Australian Plate; New Caledonia; Pacific Ocean; Paleomagnetism; Plate tectonics

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; NAPPE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE TECTONICS; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TERRANE;

NEW CALEDONIA;

EID: 0034032216     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00042-X     Document Type: Article

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