Towards a more certain reconstruction of Gondwanaland

Barker, Peter F.; Griffiths, D.H.. 1977 Towards a more certain reconstruction of Gondwanaland. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 279 (963). 143-159. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1977.0079

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Abstract/Summary

In the absence of identified magnetic anomalies in the southernmost Atlantic and Indian Oceans, palaeomagnetic data provide the most precise test of the initial relative positions of East and West Gondwanaland, with an uncertainty of about 10°. Two models are presented which lie within this uncertainty, but which have very different consequences for the initial position of the Antarctic Peninsula and the evolution of the Weddell Sea. Consideration of these models and their evolution shows that, in turn, a combination of mid-Jurassic palaeomagnetic data from the Peninsula and knowledge of Weddell Sea magnetic lineations should indicate the initial relative positions of East and West Gondwanaland.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1977.0079
ISSN:	0962-8436
Date made live:	16 Oct 2019 10:55 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525436

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1977.0079

ISSN:

0962-8436

Date made live:

16 Oct 2019 10:55 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525436