A 90° spin on Rodinia: Possible causal links between the Neoproterozoic supercontinent, superplume, true polar wander and low-latitude glaciation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 220, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 409-421

  Li, Z X ^a   Evans, D A D ^a,b   Zhang, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Neoproterozoic; Paleomagnetism; Rodinia; South China; Supercontinent; Superplume; True polar wander

Indexed keywords

DIKE SWARM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; MANTLE PLUME; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; POLAR WANDERING; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; THREE GORGES;

EID: 1942537132     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(04)00064-0     Document Type: Article

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