True polar wander since 32 Ma B.P.: A paleomagnetic investigation of the skewness of magnetic anomaly 12r on the Pacific plate

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Horner Johnson, Benjamin C ^a   Gordon, Richard G ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE ZONE; HOT SPOT; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PACIFIC PLATE; PALEOMAGNETISM; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SKEWNESS;

CLARION FRACTURE ZONE; ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77956546783     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006862     Document Type: Article

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