Refining Gondwana and Pangea palaeogeography: Estimates of Phanerozoic non-dipole (octupole) fields

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 771-794

  Torsvik, Trond H ^a   Van der Voo, Rob ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent polar wander; Gondwana inclination shallowing; Non dipole field; Octupole; Palaeogeography; Palaeomagnetism; Pangea

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PANGAEA; PHANEROZOIC; POLAR WANDERING;

EID: 0036897587     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2002.01799.x     Document Type: Article

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