Palaeoproterozoic supercontinents and global evolution: Correlations from core to atmosphere

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 323, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-26

  Reddy, S M ^a   Evans, D A D ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CARBON CYCLE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CORE (PLANETARY); CRATON; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEODYNAMICS; GEODYNAMO; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; PROTEROZOIC; SECULAR VARIATION; SUPERCONTINENT;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 75149164011     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP323.1     Document Type: Article

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