Timing and geometry of early Gondwana breakup

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Jokat, Wilfried ^a   Boebel, Tobias ^a   König, Matthias ^a   Meyer, Uwe ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aeromagnetik; Antarctica; Gondwana; Mesozoic reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; GEOMETRY; GONDWANA; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MANTLE PLUME; MESOZOIC; PALEOMAGNETISM;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0346268942     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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