Apparent polar wander paths for the major continents (200 Ma to the present day): A palaeomagnetic reference frame for global plate tectonic reconstructions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 727-759

  Schettino, Antonio ^a   Scotese, Christopher R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

APW (apparent polar wander); Cenozoic; Continental drift; Cretaceous; Jurassic; Plate tectonics

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL DRIFT; CRETACEOUS; JURASSIC; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS;

AFRICA; ANTARCTICA; ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL AFRICA; EURASIA; INDIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33745226675     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02638.x     Document Type: Article

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