Secular trends in the geologic record and the supercontinent cycle

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 16-33

  Bradley, Dwight C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detrital zircon; Passive margin; Precambrian geology; Secular trends; Supercontinent; Time series

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GONDWANA; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PASSIVE MARGIN; PHANEROZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; RECONSTRUCTION; RODINIA; SUPERCONTINENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; ZIRCON;

CANADA; LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SIBERIA;

EID: 80051791454     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.05.003     Document Type: Review

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