Linking the Late Cretaceous to Paleogene Pacific plate and the Atlantic bordering continents using plate circuits and paleomagnetic data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Doubrovine, Pavel V ^a   Tarduno, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; CRETACEOUS; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; PACIFIC PLATE; PALEOGENE; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 51449105021     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005584     Document Type: Article

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