Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200Ma

Earth-Science Reviews - Tập 113 Số 3-4 - Trang 212-270 - 2012
Maria Seton1, R. Dietmar Müller1, Sabin Zahirovic1, Carmen Gaina2, Trond H. Torsvik3,2,4,5, Grace E. Shephard1, A. S. Talsma1, Michael Gurnis6, M. Turner6, S. Maus7, Michael T. Chandler8
1EarthByte Group, School of Geosciences, Madsen Building F09, University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
2Centre for Geodynamics, Geological Survey of Norway, Leiv Eirikssons vei 39, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
3Center for Advanced Study, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Drammensveien 78, 0271 Oslo, Norway
4Physics of Geological Processes/School of Geosciences, University of Oslo, 0316 Oslo, Norway
5School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, WITS, 2050, South Africa
6Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
7National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305-3328, USA
8School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 1680 East–west Rd., POST # 806, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA

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