Cambro-Ordovician palaeomagnetic and geochronologic data from southern Victoria Land, Antarctica: Revision of the Gondwana apparent polar wander path

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 392-400

  Grunow, Anne M ^a   Encarnación, John P ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambrian; East Antarctica; Gondwana; Ordovician; Palaeomagnetism

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; CAMBRIAN; GONDWANA; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOMAGNETISM;

ANTARCTICA; VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 0034068110     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.2000.00083.x     Document Type: Article

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