Late Neoproterozoic 40° intraplate rotation within Australia allows for a tighter-fitting and longer-lasting Rodinia

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-42

  Li, Zheng Xiang ^a   Evans, David A D ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLOCKWISE ROTATION; LIFE SPAN; NEOPROTEROZOIC; OROGENS; PRECAMBRIAN; REGIONAL TECTONICS; RODINIA; RODINIA RECONSTRUCTION; STRATIGRAPHIC RECORDS; VERTICAL AXIS;

ROTATION;

STRATIGRAPHY;

AGE DETERMINATION; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONIC ROTATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 78751492062     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31461.1     Document Type: Article

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