Baltica upside down: A new plate tectonic model for Rodinia and the Iapetus Ocean

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 255-258

  Hartz, Ebbe H ^a   Torsvik, Trond H ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Avalonia; Baltica; Iapetus; Paleomagnetism; Precambrian; Rodinia; Wilson Cycle

Indexed keywords

REASSESSMENT;

OCEANOGRAPHY; RECONSTRUCTION (STRUCTURAL); TECTONICS;

GEOLOGY;

IAPETUS OCEAN; PALEOMAGNETISM; PRECAMBRIAN; RODINIA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 84879883009     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0255:BUDANP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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