Reciprocality between biology and geology: Reconstructing polar Gondwana

Gondwana Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 655-668

  Michaux, B ^a  

^a Private Bag   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chatham Islands; East Gondwana; Phylogenies; Reciprocal illumination; Reconstruction models; Wegener; West Gondwana

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CRETACEOUS; GONDWANA; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RECONSTRUCTION; RIFT ZONE;

BOUNTY TROUGH; CAMPBELL PLATEAU; CHATHAM RISE; HIKURANGI PLATEAU; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 69749100322     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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