Pre-drift extension of the Atlantic margins of North America and Europe based on paths of Permo-Triassic apparent polar wander

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 68-78

  Beck Jr , Myrl E ^a   Housen, Bernard A ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

APW; Continental rifting; Continental stretching

Indexed keywords

EURASIAN PLATE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PERMIAN; POLAR WANDERING; RIFTING; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TRIASSIC;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0037225609     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01821.x     Document Type: Article

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