New late Paleozoic paleopoles from the Donbas Foldbelt (Ukraine): Implications for the Pangea A vs. B controversy

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 297, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 18-33

  Meijers, Maud J M ^a,b   Hamers, Maartje F ^a   van Hinsbergen, Douwe J J ^a,c   van der Meer, Douwe G ^d   Kitchka, Alexander ^e   Langereis, Cor G ^a   Stephenson, Randell A ^f  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eurasia; Inclination shallowing; Paleomagnetism; Paleozoic; Pangea; Plate reconstructions

Indexed keywords

EURASIA; INCLINATION SHALLOWING; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOZOIC; PANGEA; PLATE RECONSTRUCTION;

GEOMAGNETISM; POLES; REPAIR; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; FOLD BELT; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOSTRESS; PALEOZOIC; PERMIAN; PLATE TECTONICS; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

UKRAINE;

EID: 77956010841     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.05.028     Document Type: Article

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