Illawarra Reversal: The fingerprint of a superplume that triggered Pangean breakup and the end-Guadalupian (Permian) mass extinction

Gondwana Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 421-432

  Isozaki, Yukio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cosmic ray; Geodynamo; Illawarra Reversal; Mass extinction; Permian; Superplume

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETISM; GUADALUPIAN; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MASS EXTINCTION; OUTER CORE; PANGAEA;

EID: 62949116798     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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