Did natural fission of 235U in the earth lead to formation of the supercontinent Columbia?

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 369-374

  Rogers, John J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Archean; Columbia supercontinent; Natural fission; Paleoproterozoic; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAT FLOW; LEAD ISOTOPE; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONICS; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

COLUMBIA MOUNTAINS;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84862684695     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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