Ediacaran palaeomagnetism and apparent polar wander path for Australia: No large true polar wander

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 711-726

  Schmidt, Phillip W ^a   Williams, George E ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Magnetostratigraphy; Palaeomagnetism applied to geologic processes

Indexed keywords

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALIA; CAMBRIANS; EDIACARAN; EULER POLES; HAEMATITE; HIGH TEMPERATURE COMPONENTS; LAURENTIAN; MAGNETIC MINERALS; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NUCCALEENA FORMATIONS; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PALAEOZOIC; RED BED; REMAGNETIZATION; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS; THERMAL DEMAGNETIZATION; TRUE POLAR WANDER;

DEMAGNETIZATION; HEMATITE; IRON ORES; MAGNETIZATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

GEOMAGNETISM;

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DELAMERIAN OROGENY; DEMAGNETIZATION; EDIACARAN; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOZOIC; RED BED; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77955126871     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04652.x     Document Type: Article

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