Paleo-Mesoproterozoic supercontinents - A paleomagnetic view

Geophysica

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 5-48

  Pesonen, Lauri J ^a   Mertanen, Satu ^b   Veikkolainen, Toni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Columbia; GAD; Mafic dykes; Mesoproterozoic; Paleogeography; Paleomagnetism; Paleoproterozoic; Rodinia; Supercontinents

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DIKE; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAFIC ROCK; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUPERCONTINENT;

AUSTRALIA; DHARWAR CRATON; INDIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 84859779269     PISSN: 03674231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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