A Late Cretaceous pole for the Pacific plate: Implications for apparent and true polar wander and the drift of hotspots

Tectonophysics

Volumn 362, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 321-333

  Cottrell, Rory D ^a   Tarduno, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent polar wander; Hotspot; Pacific plate; True polar wander

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; CRETACEOUS; HOT SPOT; PACIFIC PLATE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE MOTION; SEAMOUNT;

DETROIT SEAMOUNT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037421711     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00643-1     Document Type: Article

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