How not to build a supercontinent: A reply to J.D.A. Piper

Precambrian Research

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 208-214

  Li, Z X ^a   Bogdanova, S V ^b   Collins, A S ^c   Davidson, A ^d   De Waele, B ^e   Ernst, R E ^f,g   Evans, D A D ^a,h   Fitzsimons, I C W ^a   Fuck, R A ⁱ   Gladkochub, D P ^j   Jacobs, J ^k   Karlstrom, K E ^l   Lu, S ^m   Natapov, L M ⁿ   Pease, V ^o   Pisarevsky, S A ^p   Thrane, K ^q   Vernikovsky, V ^r  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e SRK CONSULTING   (South Africa)

^f Ernst Geosciences   (Canada)

^g CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^j INSTITUTE OF THE EARTH S CRUST   (Russian Federation)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^l Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences ^*  (United States)

^m TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

ⁿ MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^o STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^p UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^r SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

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Author keywords

Break up; Continental rift; Neoproterozoic; Palaeopangaea; Paleomagnetism; Rodinia; Supercontinent

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349210120     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.06.007     Document Type: Letter

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