Paleo-mesoproterozoic assemblages of continents: Paleomagnetic evidence for near equatorial supercontinents

Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences

Volumn 137, Issue , 2012, Pages 11-35

  Mertanen, S ^a   Pesonen, L J ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; AGE DETERMINATION; CONTINENTAL DRIFT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAURENTIA; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SUPERCONTINENT;

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EID: 84859762705     PISSN: 09300317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-25550-2_2     Document Type: Article

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