Open AccessComment on "Major Australian-Antarctic Plate Reorganization at Hawaiian-Emperor Bend Time"
Author(s) -
A. A. Tikku,
N. G. Direen
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556
H-Index - 1186
eISSN - 1095-9203
pISSN - 0036-8075
DOI - 10.1126/science.1157163
Subject(s) - geology , emperor , plate tectonics , oceanography , geography , geodesy , physical geography , paleontology , history , ancient history , tectonics
Whittaker et al. (Reports, 5 October 2007, p. 83) presented reconstructions for Australia and\udAntarctica showing a change in relative plate motion ~53 million years ago, coincident with an\udinferred major global plate reorganization. This comment addresses problematic areas in their\udassumptions and the geological consequences of their reconstructions
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