Uncertainties in plate reconstructions relative to the hotspots; Pacific-hotspot rotations and uncertainties for the past 68 million years

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 939-951

  Andrews, David L ^a   Gordon, Richard G ^a   Horner Johnson, Benjamin C ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite rotations; Hawaiian Emperor chain; Hotspots; Louisville chain; Pacific plate

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE TECTONICS; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONIC ROTATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33746131190     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03029.x     Document Type: Article

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