Phanerozoic polar wander, palaeogeography and dynamics

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 325-368

  Torsvik, Trond H ^a,b,c,d   Van der Voo, Rob ^a,e   Preeden, Ulla ^f   Niocaill, Conall Mac ^g   Steinberger, Bernhard ^a,b,h   Doubrovine, Pavel V ^a,b   van Hinsbergen, Douwe J J ^a,b   Domeier, Mathew ^b,e   Gaina, Carmen ^a,b   Tohver, Eric ⁱ   Meert, Joseph G ^j   McCausland, Phil J A ^k   Cocks, L Robin M ^l  

^a Det Norske Videnskaps Akademi   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^g Department of Earth Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

^h GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^l DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Apparent polar wander; Palaeogeography; Palaeomagnetism; Phanerozoic; True polar wander

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; BALTICA; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; CAMBRIAN; CARBONIFEROUS; GONDWANA; LAURENTIA; PALEOGENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PHANEROZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 85027925378     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.06.002     Document Type: Review

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