Icosahedral fracture tessellation of early Mesoproterozoic Laurentia

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 327-330

  Sears, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Laurentia; Mesoproterozoic; Miogeoclines; Precambrian; Rifting; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

MANTLE;

FRACTURE; RESTORATION; TECTONICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GEOLOGY;

GEOMETRY; LAURENTIA; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 84879885389     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0327:IFTOEM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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