Paleomagnetic constraints on neoproterozoic ‘snowball earth’ continental reconstructions

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 146, Issue , 2004, Pages 5-11

  Meert, Joseph G ^a   Torsvik, Trond H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

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EID: 34548693492     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/146GM02     Document Type: Chapter

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