True polar wander since the early cretaceous

D. M. Jurdy; R. Van Der Voo

doi:10.1126/science.187.4182.1193

True polar wander since the early cretaceous

D. M. Jurdy^*, R. Van Der Voo

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Earth and Planetary Sciences

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The motions of the lithospheric plates have been reconstructed for three time intervals back to the Early Cretaceous. These displacements were analyzed to determine the best-fitting rigid rotation, which could then be ascribed to true polar wander. The true polar wander so obtained is no larger than a few degrees and is within the magnitude of the uncertainties involved.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1193-1196
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	187
Issue number	4182
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.187.4182.1193
State	Published - 1975

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