Paleomagnetism and Pangea: The road to reconciliation

Tectonophysics

Volumn 514-517, Issue , 2012, Pages 14-43

  Domeier, Mathew ^a   Van Der Voo, Rob ^a,b   Torsvik, Trond H ^b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Det Norske Videnskaps Akademi   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Inclination shallowing; Paleogeography; Paleomagnetism; Pangea

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AXIAL DIPOLE; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT; INCLINATION SHALLOWING; JURASSIC; LARGE DISPARITY; MESOZOIC; NON-DIPOLE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETIC DATA; PALEOMAGNETISM; PANGEA; REANALYSIS; TIME-DEPENDENT; TRIASSIC;

GEOPHYSICS; PHYSICS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; JURASSIC; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PANGAEA; PHANEROZOIC; TRIASSIC;

EID: 84855333227     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.10.021     Document Type: Review

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