A re-evaluation of the breakup of South America and Africa using deformable mesh reconstruction software

Journal of the Virtual Explorer

Volumn 25, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Smith, Martin ^a   Kurtz, Joseph ^a   Richards, Simon ^a   Forster, Marnie ^a   Lister, Gordon ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Africa; Breakup; Deformable mesh; Pplates; Reconstruction; South America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861981263     PISSN: 14418126     EISSN: 14418142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3809/jvirtex.2007.00163     Document Type: Article

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