Paleomagnetism of Jurassic radiolarian chert above the Coast Range ophiolite at Stanley Mountain, California, and implications for its paleogeographic origins

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 643-652

  Hagstrum, Jonathan T ^a   Murchey, Benita L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; LANDFORMS; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CLOCKWISE ROTATION; COAST RANGE OPHIOLITES; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; HIGHEST TEMPERATURE; MIOCENE VOLCANISMS; PRIMARY MAGNETIZATION; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; PALEOMAGNETIC DATA;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; MAGNETIZATION;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHERT; COASTAL ZONE; JURASSIC; MAGNETIZATION; OPHIOLITE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; RADIOLARIA; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PALAEOMAGNETISM; RADIOLARIAN CHERT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES; COAST RANGES; STANLEY MOUNTAIN; USA;

EID: 0029751795     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0643:POJRCA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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