Palaeomagnetic palaeolatitudes of the Ontong Java Plateau from 120 to 55 Ma: Implications for the apparent polar wander path of the Pacific Plate

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 455-470

  Hall, Stuart ^a   Riisager, Peter ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deep water carbonates; Ocean Drilling Program; OntongJava Plateau; Pacific apparent polar wander path; Palaeolatitude; Palaeomagnetism

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CRETACEOUS; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PACIFIC PLATE; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE MOTION; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

ONTONG JAVA PLATEAU; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34247185475     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03338.x     Document Type: Article

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