Cretaceous-Tertiary geodynamics: A North Atlantic exercise

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 850-866

  Torsvik, Trond H ^a,b   Mosar, Jon ^a   Eide, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Geodynamics; Hotspots; Iceland plume; Non dipole field; Palaeomagnetism; Plate reconstructions; True polar wander

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; GEODYNAMICS; HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; PALEOMAGNETISM; POLAR WANDERING; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TERTIARY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034829495     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0956-540X.2001.01511.x     Document Type: Article

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