Paleomagnetism of the Lesotho basalt, southern Africa

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 63-78

  Kosterov, Andrei A ^a,b   Perrin, Mireille ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Apparent polar wandering; Karoo Igneous Province; Lesotho; Middle Jurassic; Paleomagnetism; South Africa

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER; BASALT; JURASSIC; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PALAEOSECULAR VARIATION;

LESOTHO, KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA, KAROO;

EID: 0029731756     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00005-2     Document Type: Article

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