Combined paleomagnetic, isotopic, and stratigraphic evidence for true polar wander from the Neoproterozoic Akademikerbreen Group, Svalbard, Norway

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 118, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 1099-1124

  Maloof, Adam C ^a,b   Halverson, Galen P ^a,c   Kirschvink, Joseph L ^d   Schrag, Daniel P ^a   Weiss, Benjamin P ^e   Hoffman, Paul F ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Neoproterozoic; Paleogeography; Paleomagnetism; Polar wandering; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

NEOPROTEROZOIC CARBONATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; POLAR WANDERING;

CARBONATE MINERALS; GEOMAGNETISM; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

EARTH (PLANET);

CARBON CYCLE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; POLAR WANDERING; PROTEROZOIC;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 33749015475     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25892.1     Document Type: Article

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