Biogeographical and geological evidence for a smaller, completely-enclosed Pacific Basin in the Late Cretaceous

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2161-2177

  McCarthy, Dennis ^a  

^a Buffalo Museum of Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Expanding Earth theory; Late Cretaceous; Pacific; Palaeomagnetism; Plate tectonics; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLATE TECTONICS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

DINOSAURIA;

EID: 33745341853     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01355.x     Document Type: Article

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