Global record of 1600-700 Ma Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs): Implications for the reconstruction of the proposed Nuna (Columbia) and Rodinia supercontinents

Precambrian Research

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 159-178

  Ernst, R E ^a,b   Wingate, M T D ^c,d,f   Buchan, K L ^e   Li, Z X ^f  

^a Ernst Geosciences   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^f CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Columbia; Large igneous provinces; Mesoproterozoic; Neoproterozoic; Nuna; Rodinia

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION; RODINIA;

COLUMBIA [MISSOURI]; MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36248937135     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.04.019     Document Type: Article

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