Rapid Earth expansion : An eclectic view

Gondwana Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-94

  Shields, Oakley ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroid impact; Earth expansion; Pacific reconstruction; Permo Triassic boundary; Plate Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; EXPANSION; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TRIASSIC;

CONGO BASIN;

EID: 2842549543     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70007-1     Document Type: Article

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