A preliminary paleomagnetic pole for mid-Cretaceous rocks from Tobago: Further evidence for large clockwise rotations in the Caribbean-South American plate boundary zone

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 79-90

  Burmester, Russell F ^a   Beck Jr , Myrl E ^a   Speed, Robert C ^b   Snoke, Arthur W ^c  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Albian; Paleomagnetism; Pole positions; Tobago; Tobago Intrusive Group; Tobago Volcanic Group

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MAGNETIC FIELD; PALAEOMAGNETISM; POLE POSITION;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TOBAGO;

EID: 0029775665     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00012-x     Document Type: Article

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