Mesoproterozoic paleogeography: Supercontinent and beyond

Precambrian Research

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 207-225

  Pisarevsky, Sergei A ^a,b   Elming, Sten Åke ^c   Pesonen, Lauri J ^d   Li, Zheng Xiang ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Global; Mesoproterozoic; Paleogeography; Paleomagnetism; Supercontinent

Indexed keywords

BALTICA; CRATON; LAURENTIA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; SUPERCONTINENT;

AMAZONIA; ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; CONGO; INDIA; SIBERIA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84896361254     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2013.05.014     Document Type: Article

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