Palaeomagnetism of Precambrian rocks from Gabon, Congo craton, Africa

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-80

  D'Agrella Filho, Manoel Souza ^a   Feybesse, Jean Louis ^b   Prian, Jean Pierre ^b   Dupuis, Didier ^b   N'Dong, Julien Eko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c BRGM Gabon   (Gabon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; OGOOUE SERIES; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PALAEOPOLE; PRECAMBRIAN;

GABON;

EID: 0029730418     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0899-5362(95)00123-9     Document Type: Article

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