Supercontinent tectonics and biogeochemical cycle: A matter of 'life and death'

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-30

  Santosh, M ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cambrian explosion; Extinction; Life evolution; Mantle dynamics; Supercontinents; Superplume

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CAMBRIAN; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; EXTINCTION; GONDWANA; MANTLE PLUME; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PLATE TECTONICS; RIFTING; RODINIA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

EID: 78650008133     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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