Rapid early cambrian rotation of Gondwana

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 755-758

  Mitchell, Ross N ^a   Evans, David A D ^a   Kilian, Taylor M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMADEUS; AUSTRALIA; CAMBRIANS; CENOZOIC; HIGH QUALITY; MESOZOIC; PALEOMAGNETIC DATA; PLATE MOTIONS; PLATE TECTONICS; SPEED LIMIT; SUPERCONTINENTS; TECTONIC PLATES; TRUE POLAR WANDER; VERTICAL-AXIS ROTATION;

ROTATION;

TECTONICS;

CAMBRIAN; DATA QUALITY; GONDWANA; MESOZOIC; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE MOTION; POLAR WANDERING; TECTONIC PLATE; TECTONIC ROTATION;

AMADEUS BASIN; AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77955939702     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30910.1     Document Type: Article

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