An open-source software environment for visualizing and refining plate tectonic reconstructions using high-resolution geological and geophysical data sets

GSA Today

Volumn 22, Issue 4-5, 2012, Pages 4-9

  Williams, Simon E ^a   Dietmar Muller R ^a   Landgrebe, Thomas C W ^a   Whittaker, Joanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GIS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE TECTONICS; RECONSTRUCTION; RODINIA; SOFTWARE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TERRANE; VISUALIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84861960006     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GSATG139A.1     Document Type: Article

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