Comment on "Major Australian-Antarctic Plate Reorganization at Hawaiian-Emperor Bend Time"
Whittaker et al . (Reports, 5 October 2007, p. 83) presented reconstructions for Australia and Antarctica showing a change in relative plate motion ∼53 million years ago, coincident with an inferred major global plate reorganization. This comment addresses problematic areas in their assumptions and...
Published in: | Science |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2008
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1157163 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1157163 |
Summary: | Whittaker et al . (Reports, 5 October 2007, p. 83) presented reconstructions for Australia and Antarctica showing a change in relative plate motion ∼53 million years ago, coincident with an inferred major global plate reorganization. This comment addresses problematic areas in their assumptions and the geological consequences of their reconstructions. |
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