Modelled palaeolatitudes for the Louisville hot spot and the Ontong Java Plateau

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 229, Issue , 2004, Pages 21-30

  Antretter, Maria ^a   Riisager, Peter ^b   Hall, Stuart ^c   Zhao, Xixi ^d   Steinberger, Bernhard ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FLOOD BASALT; HOT SPOT; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MANTLE PLUME; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; POLAR WANDERING;

ONTONG JAVA PLATEAU; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 4344641904     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.229.01.03     Document Type: Article

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