Assembly and breakup of the core of Paleoproterozoic-Mesoproterozoic supercontinent Nuna

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 443-446

  Evans, David A D ^a   Mitchell, Ross N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CYCLICITY; NEOPROTEROZOIC; PALEOMAGNETIC DATA; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SIBERIA; SUPERCONTINENTS;

GALLIUM;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BALTICA; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CRATON; GONDWANA; LAURENTIA; PALEOMAGNETISM; PANGAEA; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 79954585165     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31654.1     Document Type: Article

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