Paleoremanence dispersal across a transpressed Archean terrain: Deflection by anisotropy or by late compression?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 5531-5545

  Werner, Tomasz ^a   Borradaile, Graham J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY OF ANHYSTERIC REMANENCE; ANISOTROPY OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARCHAEAN; DEFORMATION; MAGNETIC FABRIC; SCHISTOSITY;

CANADA, ONTARIO, QUETICO SUBPROVINCE;

EID: 0029769818     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb03047     Document Type: Article

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