Supercontinent cycles and the calculation of absolute palaeolongitude in deep time

Nature

Volumn 482, Issue 7384, 2012, Pages 208-211

  Mitchell, Ross N ^a   Kilian, Taylor M ^a   Evans, David A D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROSTATICS; MANTLE CONVECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PANGAEA; PLATE MOTION; RECONSTRUCTION; RIFTING; SUBDUCTION; SUPERCONTINENT;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOGEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HYPOTHESIS; LONGITUDE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PRECAMBRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

EID: 84856960074     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10800     Document Type: Article

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