A ∼ 90° Late Silurian-Early Devonian apparent polar wander loop: The latest inertial interchange of planet earth?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 250, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 345-357

  Piper, J D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caledonides; Devonian; Gondwana; Inertial Interchange True Polar Wander; Palaeomagnetism; Silurian

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER LOOP (APW); INERTIAL INTERCHANGE; PALAEOMAGNETISM; SILURIAN-DEVONIAN BOUNDARY; TRUE POLAR WANDER;

MAGNETISM; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY;

EARTH (PLANET);

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; DEVONIAN; EARTH ROTATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; PERTURBATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SILURIAN;

EID: 33748909926     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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