Carboniferous through Jurassi̊c paleomagneti̊c data and their bearing on rotation of the Colorado plateau

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 24179-24188

  Molina Garza, Roberto S ^a   Acton, Gary D ^b   Geissman, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; JURASSIC; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATEAU; ROTATION;

EID: 0005199412     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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