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The challenge of reconstructing the Phanerozoic sea level and the Pacific Basin tectonics Cover

The challenge of reconstructing the Phanerozoic sea level and the Pacific Basin tectonics

Geologos
Volume 16 (2010): Issue 4 (December 2010)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10118-010-0007-9 | Journal eISSN: 2080-6574 | Journal ISSN: 1426-8981
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Language: English
Page range: 235 - 243
Published on: Jan 17, 2011
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
sea-floor bathymetry,
dynamic topography,
sea-level changes,
plate tectonics,
Pacific,
Panthalassa,
Phanerozoic
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geology and mineralogy

© 2011 Dmitry Ruban, Clinton Conrad, A. van Loon, published by Adam Mickiewicz University
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