Some key issues in reconstructions of Proterozoic supercontinents

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-19

  Zhao, Guochun ^a   Sun, Min ^a   Wilde, Simon A ^b   Li, Sanzhong ^c   Zhang, Jian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geological correlations; Paleo Mesoproterozoic; Paleomagnetism; Reconstruction; Supercontinent

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION; RODINIA; SUPERCONTINENT;

ALDAN SHIELD; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COLOMBIA; EURASIA; LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHA; SIBERIA; SIBERIAN PLATFORM; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33748600151     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2004.06.010     Document Type: Article

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