Completing the loop of the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous true polar wander event

Abstract The reorientation of Earth through rotation of its solid shell relative to its spin axis is known as True polar wander (TPW). It is well-documented at present, but the occurrence of TPW in the geologic past remains controversial. This is especially so for Late Jurassic TPW, where the veraci...

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Main Authors: Yifei Hou, Pan Zhao, Huafeng Qin, Ross N. Mitchell, Qiuli Li, Wenxing Hao, Min Zhang, Peter D. Ward, Jie Yuan, Chenglong Deng, Rixiang Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46466-7