A palaeomagnetic and palaeointensity study of the Mauchline lavas, south-west Scotland

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 63-73

  Harcombe Smee, B J ^a   Piper, J D A ^a   Rolph, T C ^a   Thomas, D N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; LAVA FLOW; PALAEOINTENSITY; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PALAEOPOLE; PERMIAN;

UK, SCOTLAND;

EID: 0029731754     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(95)03083-2     Document Type: Article

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