Cretaceous paleomagnetic apparent polar wander path for the Pacific plate calculated from Deep Sea Drilling Project and Ocean Drilling Program basalt cores

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 329-349

  Sager, William W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basalt; Cretaceous; Deep Sea Drilling Project; Mesozoic; Ocean Drilling Program; Pacific plate; Paleomagnetic pole; Paleomagnetism; Polar wander

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; PACIFIC PLATE; PALEOMAGNETIC POLES; PALEOMAGNETISM;

GEOMAGNETISM;

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; BASALT; CRETACEOUS; DEEP SEA DRILLING PROJECT; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PACIFIC PLATE; PALEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 33745009805     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2005.09.014     Document Type: Article

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