Earth at 200Ma: Global palaeogeography refined from CAMP palaeomagnetic data

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 331-332, Issue , 2012, Pages 67-79

  Ruiz Martínez, Vicente Carlos ^a,b   Torsvik, Trond H ^b,c,d,e   van Hinsbergen, Douwe J J ^b,c   Gaina, Carmen ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Det Norske Videnskaps Akademi   (Norway)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

CAMP; Mantle plumes; Morocco; Palaeogeography; Palaeomagnetism; Pangea breakup

Indexed keywords

CAMP; MANTLE PLUME; MOROCCO; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PALAEOMAGNETISM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH (PLANET); GEOCHRONOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; THERMAL PLUMES;

GEOMAGNETISM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CRETACEOUS; DISPLACEMENT; GONDWANA; JURASSIC; MANTLE PLUME; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE CONVERGENCE; RECONSTRUCTION; SUBDUCTION; TRIASSIC;

MOROCCO;

EID: 84860618183     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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