PaleoMac: A Macintosh™ application for treating paleomagnetic data and making plate reconstructions

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Cogne J P ^a  

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

Author keywords

Data processing; Paleogeography; Paleomagnetism; Plate reconstructions; Software

Indexed keywords

EID: 53649101650     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GC000227     Document Type: Article

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