Cambrian palaeomagnetic data confirm a natal embayment location for the Ellsworth-whitmore mountains, Antarctica in Gondwana reconstructions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-116

  Randall, Darren E ^a,b   Niocaill, Conall Mac ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cambrian; Ellsworth mountains; Gondwana; Palaeogeography; Palaeomagnetism

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; CAMBRIAN; GONDWANA; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM;

ANTARCTICA; ELLSWORTH MOUNTAINS; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 1942521060     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02192.x     Document Type: Article

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