Models of Rodinia assembly and fragmentation

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 206, Issue , 2003, Pages 35-55

  Pisarevsky, Sergei A ^a   Wingate, Michael T D ^a   Powell, Chris Mca ^a   Johnson, Simon ^a   Evans, David A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; RODINIA; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

LAURENTIA;

EID: 0037625156     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.206.01.04     Document Type: Article

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