Magnetostratigraphy, nannofossil stratigraphy and apparent polar wander for Adria-Africa in the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary interval

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 293, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 51-75

  Channell, J E T ^a   Casellato, C E ^b   Muttoni, G ^b   Erba, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apparent polar wander path; Calcareous nannofossils; Jurassic Cretaceous boundary; Late Jurassic; Paleolatitudes; Polarity chrons

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; LIMESTONE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOLATITUDE; RIFTING; TIMESCALE;

ADRIATIC SEA; AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 77954086504     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.04.030     Document Type: Article

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