A new global Paleocene-Eocene apparent polar wandering path loop by "stacking" magnetostratigraphies: Correlations with high latitude climatic data

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 260, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 152-165

  Moreau, Marie Gabrielle ^a   Besse, Jean ^a   Fluteau, Frédéric ^a   Greff Lefftz, Marianne ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

APWP (apparent polar wander path); climatic changes; Eocene; magnetostratigraphy; Paleocene; polar regions

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETOZONES; OCEAN KINEMATIC EULER ROTATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOMAGNETISM; STRATIGRAPHY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; CLIMATE CHANGE; EOCENE; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; GEOMAGNETISM; GROWTH RATE; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCENE; TREE RING;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34447261169     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.05.025     Document Type: Article

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